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MM: Froggatt, Calver Sough, and Coombs Dale
Meeting Place: National Trust car park at SK 257 776. This is a pay and display car park if you are not a NT member, but there are lay-bys and informal parking areas on the A625. Directions: From Calver Sough (on the A623) the A625 is signed to both Froggatt and Sheffield, There is a small brown sign on the A625 indicating the car park, by Hay Wood and just below the Grouse Inn, which is marked on the OL24…
Find out more »SE&W: New Forest, New Records
All weather footwear recommended. Packed lunch or Pub Map Ordnance Survey OL22 Chance to see Moonworts and Equisetum x bowmanii and the gorgeous E. sylvaticum and much more Anderwood Inclosure Meet at SU 2475 0720 Bolderwoood Arboretum Ornamental Drive north of the A35 this is a large gate way used as a car park failing that park at Barrow Moor car park .5km south along the Ornamental Drive, Parking spaces in the area are always at a premium so please…
Find out more »S: Asplenium septentrionale monitoring: Deeside
Meeting time/place to be arranged, depending on attendees. We have been monitoring Asplenium septentrionale for several years now (Edinburgh, Dunkeld, Fatlips Castle). The next sites are a little further afield. We know of a recent record from Ballater, and have reports of a couple of other records to the west of Ballater. Time permitting, on our way home we can also check out the various interesting clubmosses (5 species) beside the Glenshee Ski Centre.
Find out more »Y: Calderdale – Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve
Meeting Place - Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve Car Park SE 12410 22362 - HD6 2RG Going – Moderate (KT4) Footwear – Boots or wellies Food – Café or packed lunch Notes – The plan is to look around the reserve in the morning and then visit Park Wood in the afternoon. Park Wood is close by but we will likely drive a short distance for access. Cromwell Bottom has a small cafe with seating where we can eat lunch, fare…
Find out more »S: Hypolepis ambigua on the Isle of Bute
Meet at Wemyss Bay ferry at 10am. Recently a robust colony of Hypolepis ambigua has been discovered by Angus Hannah at several sites on Bute. Angus estimates the population may be ~100 years old. A native of New Zealand, there are no records of this species anywhere else in the UK. If time allows we will look at the wonderful filmy colonies (both Tunbridge and Wilson's) as well as Dryopteris aemula, Phegopteris connectilis and lots of other things at Balnakeilly…
Find out more »EA: Oulton Broad
Meeting at Raveningham Hall, NR14 6NS. Sir Nicholas Bacon, President of the RHS, will guide us around his ‘Stumpery’ established in 2016. Lunch provided in the Smith’s garden (NR32 3PT) in Oulton Broad. Many of you will be familiar with Bryan and Gill’s fantastic garden of ferns and exotic plants, and with Gill’s lunches! More details about the visit to Raveningham Hall to follow
Find out more »NW: Torver
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Find out more »EA: Cockshoot Broad
Cockshoot Broad boardwalk (dependant on river level), Thelypteris palustris Lunch provided and visit to Rosie Steele’s Garden, Coltishall, NR12 7AW Rosie has a large collection of cultivars of Polystichum setiferum, Asplenium scolopendrium and polypodies in a large and very interesting garden More details to follow (especially about parking at both venues)
Find out more »S: Mountain ferns in Glen Lyon
Meeting time/place to be arranged, depending on attendees. At our indoor meeting last year, Steve Munyard told us about easily accessible sites in Glen Lyon where we can expect to see a range of interesting mountain ferns, including Cystopteris montana, Woodsia alpina, and Polystichum lonchitis, as well as Asplenium viride and Dryopteris expansa. The first site is just north of Loch Tay, and a second site is in Glen Lyon itself. (Steve has provided grid references.)
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