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Covers: Welsh borders: Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire Meetings 2008 - 2009 Our meetings are to help beginners learn their mosses and liverworts, rather than high-powered recording sessions. Please bring sandwiches to all outdoor meetings, which are on Sundays, starting at 10.30 am. You may also wish to bring with you the new keys for the BBS Field-guide, which you can find on-line at www.hosting.sleath.co.uk/bbs (or click on the book cover of the Field-guide on the left-hand side of the BBS web-site’s home page). You are very welcome to suggest venues for future outdoor meetings; please include grid references and details for parking. October 19th Our first meeting of the autumn will be at Brynmawr Farm in the upper Clun valley, Shropshire (SO 218849) by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Trevor Wheeler. Brynmawr is an organic farm, and has a wet meadow and flush draining into a stream with wooded banks. From Clun, take the B4368 to Newcastle and Newtown. In Newcastle, pass the Crown Inn on your right, and after about 50 metres go straight on at the road junction onto a minor road signposted to Two Crosses and Mainstone. After 2.5 miles, turn left at a T-junction. Brynmawr is half a mile up the hill on the left hand side. November 16 th Jonathan Sleath will lead our meeting at Swardon Quarry and Backbury Hill, Herefordshire. Meet in the car park at the small limestone exposure in Swardon Quarry, Checkley (SO 578385). We will then move on to explore Backbury Hill and Adams Rocks. January 18 th Sam Bosanquet will lead us at Llangattock Lingoed (SO 362200) in northern Monmouthshire. Park near the church and public house in the middle of the village, from where we will explore the Full Brook valley, gaining access from Offa’s Dyke Path. Base-rich seams occur in the district’s Old Red Sandstone, so we may find a diverse bryoflora of calcicoles. February 22nd This meeting is a joint one with the Worcestershire bryological group, whose members have invited us to explore dry grassland, scrub, heath and old trees on Bredon Hill. Meet at 10.30 a.m. in the public car park at the picnic spot in Elmley Castle village (SO 983410). Or park in the main street if the car park is full. March 15 thMeet at the car park west of All Stretton, Shropshire (SO 456955) to explore rocks and flushes in Long Batch and Jonathan’s Hollow. These are less frequently visited than several other valleys on the Long Mynd. CONTACT The Border Bryologists’ programme of meetings is also available on the Herefordshire Botanical Society’s pages at http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/HBS/Border.htm.
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CAMBRIDGE BRYOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS 2008-2009 We are planning the following excursions for the 2008-2009 season, the last full winter of recording for the Cambridge Bryoflora project. We have now visited 129 of the county’s 134 5-km squares at least once; these excursions include potentially interesting sites which we have not visited recently, or at all, or squares from which we have not yet sampled all the available habitats. On some days we visit a range of sites in two or more 5-km squares, but on others we concentrate on a single large site. The excursions will not be cancelled because of rain, only in the event of snow or frost. Beginners will be welcome at all meetings. Bring a hand lens (×10 or ×20), and some tins or paper packets for collecting material into. If you require transport, please contact any of those listed at the end. Details of some other bryological meetings and one moveable feast are included in square brackets. All our meetings begin at 11am. Sunday 26 October: Fenland stubble fields. A tour of the area around March and Whittlesey, looking for stubble field in suitable bryological condition. Meet at the S. end of Workhouse Drove, Wimblington, TL419920. Saturday 8 November: Bassingbourn Barracks, TL34NW. We have permission to visit this large site, which we have never been to before. There is a training ground with a lake and nearby scrub/ woodland. Please let Chris Preston if you intend to come on this meeting by Wednesday 5 November, and tell him the registration number of the vehicle you will be arriving in (if you are travelling by car). This will help get us into the site with a minimum of delay. On arrival, report to the main gate on the west side of the main road (A1198) at TL341456. Sunday 23 November: Isleham area. The largest of the five ‘fragments’ of 5-km squares in the county we have not yet visited is TL67NE, where the county boundary runs along the edge of the River Lark. Meet at the east end of East Fen Road, TL656747, where the road splits into two tracks, Ferry Drove and East Fen Drove. Saturday 6 December: Shepreth & Meldreth, TL34NE. So far we have only recorded 62 species in this square, a low total for S. Cambs. There must be more! Meet at Shepreth church, TL392474, for an exploration of the churchyards and streamside walks in these villages and, if we get permission, the famous garden at Docwra’s Manor. Sunday 11 January: Our first meeting of the year is usually held in under-recorded areas of Fenland, and this time the plan is to look at TL39NE, 39SE and 48NW, three of the four complete squares in the county from which we have recorded fewer than 40 species. Meet by the chapel at Westry, TL399983. Saturday 24 January: Conington church, TL36NW, and Elsworth Wood, TLSW. We have permission to visit Elsworth Wood, an ancient wood which had a good set of ancient woodland species when we last visited it in 1982 and also Pleurozium schreberi, which we have not seen anywhere in the county since 1999. Rendezvous at Conington church, TL320660 (NB don’t confuse this Conington with Conington, Hunts!). Sunday 8 February: Kingfishers Bridge, Wicken, TL57SW. We visited this recently created private wetland in 2001, and the purpose of this visit is to see how it has developed since then. Since our visit the flowering plant colonists have included Cladium mariscus, so who knows what bryophytes might have arrived. Meet by the track W. of High Fen Farm, TL 545728. Saturday 21 February: Decoy Pond, TL35SW. This is a pond with surrounding woodland which we have never visited. We will go on to an ancient wood in this area. Meet at the NE edge of the Decoy Pond site, TL321524. Leader: Simon Damant. Sunday 8 March: Childerley estate, TL36SE. We have records of only 14 species from this estate, made between 1933 and 1959, but they include both ancient woodland plants and calcifuges. We hope to visit a range of habitats including New Wood and Honeyhill Wood. Access is off the old A428 at Childerley Gate – make sure you have an up-to-date map or consult the Get-a-map website. Leave the A428 at Hardwick and then take the old St Neots road until you cross over the dual carriageway, turn right on the Childerley estate road and continue on past the Hall, parking at TL356616 (near the ‘54’ metres spot height on the 1: 25,000 map). Jonathan Shanklin, who has recorded flowering plants here, will lead us round. Saturday 21 March: Ancient woodland, TL65NE, NW. There are numerous ancient woodlands in this area, and we are seeking permission to visit one of the larger woods which we have not been to in our current recording period. Meet at Stetchworth church, TL 642589. [1-7 April: BBS Spring Meeting, Ayrshire. The main BBS meeting of the year. There are daily field excursions, and all bryologists are welcome to attend, whether or not they are members of the Society. For details see www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk] [12 April: Easter Sunday.] Mark Hill, Biological Records Centre, CEH Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB. Tel: 01491 692650 (office) or 01223 571574 (home). Email: moh@ceh.ac.uk Chris Preston, Biological Records Centre (as above). Tel: 01491 692564 (office) or 01223 366169 (home). Email: cdpr@ceh.ac.uk Robin Stevenson, 111 Wootton Road, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4DJ. Tel: 01553 766788. Email: crs111@talktalk.net |
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Beginners are always very welcome, the only equipment needed is a handlens (x10 or x20) and some paper packets for collecting specimens. Br.Bryol.Socy. Recorders: Robin Stevenson, 111 Wootton Road , King's Lynn , PE30 4DJ . 01533 766 788. crs1942@tiscali.co.uk Mary Ghullam, 5 Beech Drive, North Walsham, Norfolk , NR28 OBZ . 01692 402 013 Richard Fisk, 35 Fair Close, Beccles, Suffolk , NR 34 9QR. 01502 714 968. Programme: Pat Negal, 'Inishmore', Greenways, Newton Flotman, Norfolk , NR15 1QJ 01508 471 070 pnegal@sagainternet.co.uk
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North West Group (British Bryological Society and North Western Naturalists' Union) NWNU BRYOPHYTE AND LICHENS SECTION Field Meetings 2009 All meetings on Saturdays, starting at 10.30 am ( except 18 April, 11 am). Bring food and clothing adequate for a full day in rough country and bad weather. Please check with leader or section secretary a day or so before the meeting, in case of cancellation or changes. “Beginners” are welcome any ANY meeting, but especially so at those marked * , which will cater particularly for them. The meeting marked † is particularly undemanding with regard to distance and terrain and may be of interest to less agile members. This does not imply that other meetings are necessarily difficult in this respect: contact leaders for further information. FEBR. 14 Knot Hill, SD947.008 leaders Alan & Norman Bamforth *MARCH 21 Rosthrnmere, leader Mike Walton. Meet in Natural England car park on Rostherne Lane, between New Rd and Marsh Lane, SJ 744 833 APRIL18 Woodwell, Silverdale, SD4645.7437. Leaders Jim Adams and Wendy Nelson MEET AT 11 am MAY 2 Sinderland Transpennine trail car park SJ 751 889. Leader Audrey Locksley JUNE 6 Lathkilldale Car park SK203.665 Leader Martha Newton † JULY 18 Little Budworth Country Park. SJ591.654 Leader Len Johnson AUGUST 15 White Coppice. Meet at N end of Anglezarke Reservoir SD616.179 Leader John Lowell SEPT.19 Bretton Clough. Meet roadside SK199.800. Leader Joan Egan. *OCT 17 Watergrove Reservoir SD912.176. Leader Martha Newton. NOV.21 Castleshaw SD997.092 Leaders Alan and Norman Bamforth. DEC.19 Wayoh. Meet car park (western of two) Turton&Entwistle Reservoir SD721.173. Leader John Lowell The meeting to plan 2010 field trips will be on JAN 9 2010 Section Secretary John Lowell 0161 485 6892 Jim Adams 015395 36023 Alan & Norman Bamforth 0161 336 3914 Joan Egan 0114 2365002 Len Johnson 01928 733559 Audrey Locksley 0161 962 2733 Mike Walton 01606 832613
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This is a free service provided by Shotover Wildlife. The Oxford Mossing Group provides ongoing field and microscope sessions after the Mosses and Liverworts Identification Courses as a way of supporting learners with bryophyte identification, both in microscope keying and building field skills. The Oxford Mossing Group season runs from October to March and sessions start with a morning field visit (in and around Oxfordshire), usually followed by a microscope session in the afternoon near the field site. High power and dissecting microscopes are available for use. Contact Jacqueline Wright (jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk) for further details
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Covers: Hampshire, Berkshire, Sussex, Surrey and South London. Meetings in 2008/9 All meetings start at 10.30am Sunday 28th September Leader Neil Sanderson E-mail: neilsand@dircon.co.uk Deans Bridge , Cadland Estate, North Solent NNR . Park at the end of Badminton Lane : SU 461 021 . Valley mire and heathland Sunday 2nd November Leader Bryan Edwads E-mail: b.edwards@dorsetcc.gov.uk Stroud Bridge . Park at SY 888 916 on the Wareham – Bere Regis minor road. Valley mire and heathland. Saturday 13th December Leader John Patmore E-mail: info@Eco-Logically.com Worth Forest . Park at TQ 295 327 on the B 2110 – High Street at ± concealed entrance to Greentrees Farm, We will park at the farm. A variety of habitats. Saturday 7th February Leader Howard Matcham E-mail: hwlgmatch@yahoo.co.uk Broadwater Warren RSPB Reserve. Park at Gate 2* .TQ 555 373. A variety of habitats. Sunday 15th March Leader David Streeter E-mail : d.t.streeter@sussex.ac.uk Chiddinglye Woods SSSI* TQ 350 329 See directions below. By kind permission of Sylvia Countess of Limerick and Edmund, Lord Limerick. permission has been given to visit adjacent Philpotts Wood. Saturday 18th April Leader Fred Rumsey E-mail: f.rumsey@nhm.ac.uk with June Chatfield. East Hampshire Hangars. Park in Hawkley near the church. SU 746 292 We hope to refind Campylostelium saxicola (Bent-moss) and Seligeria recurvata (Recurved Rock-bristle). * A pdf attachment is available from either Martin or from me indicating the approach to Gate 2. ** Sylvia has kindly provided the directions to access Chiddinglye Farm. See below. Directions to Chiddinglye from the north:- For Patrick’s barn, do not turn left over cattle grid but continue down drive and bear half right at Farmhouse following sign to Car Park. The barn is beside the Farmhouse, immediately opposite car park entrance. Directions to Chiddinglye from the south For Patrick’s barn, do not turn left over cattle grid leading to Victorian house (where we live) but continue down drive and bear half right at Farmhouse following sign to Car Park. The barn is beside the Farmhouse, immediately opposite car park entrance. Further details can be obtained from Howard Matcham E-mail: hwlgmatch@yahoo.co.uk 21, Temple Bar, Strettington, Chichester, West Sussex. PO18 0LB Tel.: 01243 781238
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Covers: Kent, East Sussex and East Surrey. Programme of Meetings 2009 - 2010 Meetings start at 10:30 am. Sunday Sept 27th Dryhill, Sundridge. Site of a former ragstone quarry with some good stone outcrops, with more acid woodland above. Now a public open space. TQ499 552. Park at site off Dryhill Lane, signposted from A25 3/4mile east of Sundridge.Leader: Jan Hendey . Saturday Oct 17th Chobham Common, Langshot Bog. A National Nature Reserve south of the M3. A circular walk with wet and dry heath with some Sphagnum bog. Wellies are advised for those wishing to paddle in the bog. Park at Jubilee Mount car park at SU971 647. Leader; Howard Wallis Sunday Nov 15th Haysden Country Park. TQ572 459.Riverside and woodland around two lakes and the meanders of the old course of theMedway. Could be wet. Come and see the latest new recruit to the Kent bryoflora; it is very rare in Surrey and Sussex too. From the A21, turn onto A26 towards Tunbridge Wells. After about 1 mile, turn right onto B 2176 to Bidborough. At village centre, turn right onto a minor road signposted Haysden. Turn right at T-junction, then first left. Go under A21 through Lower Haysden to CP entrance on your left. CP charge £2.40. Sorry!.Leader: Jan Hendey. Saturday Dec 12th GreatChurch Wood and MardenPark, Woldingham. Hope for better weather than last year, when this trip was snowed off. A Woodland Trust site of mixed woodland and chalk grassland. Park at TQ373 541. Leave M25 at J6 southbound on A22; at roundabout turn left onto A25 and then soon left on minor road ( Tandridge Lane) back over motorway to car park. Leader; Howard Wallis. Sunday Jan 10th Crockham Hill. Part of the greensand ridge for which we have no records. Park at Chartwell at TQ 4555 518. No CP charge in the winter. From A25, turn at eastern end of Westerham onto B 2026, Hosey Common Road. After about a mile, at the bottom of a hill, turn left for Chartwell and left again into the property. Leader: Jan Hendey Sunday Feb 7th Winterfold Wood and Winterfold Heath. An underworked area for which records are required. Car Park at TQ 059 428, the most westerly car park marked on the map. Leader; David Streeter. Saturday Mar 6th Monk Wood and Syle (Bridge) Wood TQ 733 627. A dip- slope valley with chalk woods at the bottom and more acid clay-with-flints above. From M20 J6 take A229 Rochester. After about 2 miles, turn left for Bluebell Hill.(A great viewpoint, but don’t park there.) Proceed along Common Road for about 1 mile to sign for “Robin Hood” pub. There is room to park alongside the road. Leader: Jan Hendey Sunday Apr 4th West End Common and The Ledges, Esher. Park at TQ 126 632. Mixed woodland, grassy areas and the banks of the River Mole. Epiphytes near the car park and riverside species such as Dialytrichia mucronata, Syntrichia latifolia, Henediella macrophylla and maybe Epipterygium tozeri. Leader : Howard Wallis. If you have any problems, please phone Jan Hendey on 01689 825102 or Howard Wallis on 0208393 3642 |
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This is a new group that has been set up to record sites in Wiltshire, Dorset, and parts of Somerset. A key aim of the group is to encourage those who are new to the subject to become more experienced and confident at identifying bryophytes. There is no formal membership or constitution and each person goes out at his/her own risk. Beginners are always very welcome; the only equipment needed is a hand lens (x10 or x20) and some paper packets for collecting specimens. Many of the sites we plan to visit include wet and muddy areas so boots are advisable. We will usually eat a packed lunch on site. All meetings start at 10.30am and finish between 3pm and 4pm. Contact: Andrew Branson tel: 01747 838223; e-mail andrew@britishwildlife.com or Sharon Pilkington tel: 01225 775945; e-mail: sharon.pilkington1@btinternet.com For accounts of previous meetings click here. 2nd November. Wareham Forest, Dorset. Leader: Bryan Edwards ( e-mail: b.edwards@dorsetcc.gov.uk) . A joint meeting with the BBS Southern Group to visit the recently discovered Sphagnum fuscum site and also to see a good range of ther mire species. Park at Stroud Bridge (SY 888916) on the Wareham - Bere Regis road. 6th December. East Knoyle, South Wiltshire. Leader Andrew Branson. A meeting primarily to introduce beginners to a range of common woodland and grassland species. Park at layby opposite windmill on Wise Lane between East Knoyle and The Green (ST 872310). 15th February. Asham Wood, Somerset. Leader: Sharon Pilkington. An extensive area of ancient ash-maple woodland with a stream and the possibility of visiting an adjacent disused limestone quarry. Park by the factory buildings (do not park in the factory car park itself) at the junction of the Old Wells Road and the minor road to Leigh upon Mendip (Leigh Road) at ST 701467. 15th March. Fyfield Down NNR, North Wiltshire. Leader: Sharon Pilkington. A chance to survey the famous sarson stones. Park at car park near Preshute (west of Marlborough) at SU 159700. 26th April. Silk Hill, Salisbury Plain, South Wiltshire. Leader: Sharon Pilkington. Chalk grassland and disturbed open ground. Meet at Milston at the tank crossing at SU 164460. We will then drive on in convoy to the site.
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We are a small informal group that goes out to Worcestershire sites to record and learn about bryophytes . Our broad aim is to assist everyone, especially those who are new to mosses and liverworts, to become more experienced and confident at identifying bryophytes. We have no formal membership or constitution and each person goes out at his/her own risk. Beginners are always very welcome, the only equipment needed is a hand lens (x10 or x20) and some paper packets for collecting specimens. Whilst we usually spend the morning concentrating on bryophyte identification, during the afternoon our attention tends to wander towards more general natural history, dependent on the interests of the individuals present on the day. Some people stay all day whilst some people leave at midday . I have listed below broad venues and habitats for our autumn/winter 07/08 programme. If you are interested in joining us on any of the field trips please contact me (Dr Ann Hill on 01905 359554 or ann@gaehill.f9.co.uk) and I will let you know full details i.e. access, parking etc for the day.
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