🌟 Salty Chips Titbits – March Edition! 🌊🌤️
✅ Brighter mornings and lighter evenings 🌅✨
✅ Jackets open… occasionally 😄🧥
✅ The first proper signs of spring along the shore 🌱🌊
March blows in with a little more confidence – brighter skies, saltier breezes and that unmistakable sense that the season is shifting. 💙 The days are stretching their legs now, birdsong feels purposeful 🐦 and there’s a gentle hum of energy returning to Hardway and Gosport.
There’s still a nip in the air (this is the coast, after all 🌬️), but it’s the kind that wakes you up rather than sends you running home. It’s a month for noticing change – longer walks, lighter steps and maybe even leaving the big winter coat behind… sometimes.
So grab that takeaway coffee ☕, wander a little further than usual and dip into March’s salty scoop with us… 🍟🌿
🦢🌿 Portsmouth & Southsea Wildlife Watch – Swans on the Lake
📅 Saturday 7th March 2026
⏰ 10am – 12pm
📍 Natural History Museum Back Gardens
Cumberland House, Eastern Parade, Portsmouth PO4 9RF
🎟 Tickets: Children £2 | Adults FREE
(Book via Eventbrite)
Hosted by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Join us for a special wildlife morning celebrating our elegant local swans.
✨ Follow the swan trail
🩺 Meet Swan Support and watch a live demonstration (leg ringing and welfare checks)
🎨 Create your own swan-themed craft to take home
🏅 Earn your official Swan Champion Certificate
📍 Meeting Point: Natural History Museum back gardens, Cumberland House
👨👩👧👦 Suitable for families (children aged 5–15 accompanied by an adult)
🧥 Please wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear
Delivered in partnership with Portsmouth City Council (Countryside Officer) and Portsmouth Natural History Museum.
🌿🐦 Friends of Crescent Gardens – Weekly Green Team
📅 Every Wednesday morning
📍 Crescent Garden, Crescent Road, Alverstoke, PO12 2BB
A thriving community group keeping this beautiful Regency garden at the heart of local life 🌼. The Friends meet weekly to maintain the garden alongside Gosport Borough Council – and the results speak for themselves, with multiple Green Flag and Green Heritage Awards 🏆🌿.
Fancy getting involved? Volunteer gardeners meet every Wednesday morning, with coffee and a chat at 11am ☕
📧 Contact Elaine Martin: chairman@alverstokecrescentgarden.co.uk
Until next time…
Step into the brighter days 🌤️, breathe in that fresh sea air 🌊 and let March’s energy nudge you gently forward 💚. Whether you’re spotting the first blossoms 🌸, planning something new ✏️ or simply enjoying a bench-in-the-sun moment ☀️, take it all in.
Here’s to longer light, salty breezes and small coastal joys.
— Kim
Salty Chips Titbits 🍟🐟✨