Excursion Programme
- Contact Organiser to check dates and confirm interest
- All interested are very welcome, but we must ask that children are accompanied and supervised by an adult.
April
Sat 10th 9.00-10.30am Surprising Spring Moths Mugdock Country Park. Indoor talk followed by inspection of overnight moth traps. Numbers limited to 15; see newsletter for booking info. John Knowler
Sun 18th 11.00am Introduction to Lichens. Meet Muirshiel Visitor Centre car park NS311631.
Bring lunch, warm/waterproof clothing, wellies/boots, hand lens. Alan Silverside
May
Sat 15th Trees: Gargunnock Estate, West Stirling; Joint with Edinburgh NHS.
Bob Gray See Newsletter.
Sun 16th 10.00am Fungal Foray Falls of Clyde. Joint with Clyde & Argyll Fungus Group (CAFG).
Meet New Lanark Car Park NS881423 (follow signs for New Lanark)
Alan Silverside. Not necessary to notify in advance. See Newsletter
Sun 23rd 10.00-15.00 Local Nature Reserve Celebration. Hogganfield Park.
Run by Glasgow Countryside Rangers. See Newsletter.
Thu 27th 7.00pm Trees in Queens Park. Meet Victoria Road entrance NS582624. Bob Gray
June
Tue 8th Summer Social. See Newsletter
Sat/Sun 11-13th Dumfries House Estate and other Ayrshire sites. Trees/Botany; Bob Gray. See Newsletter.
Tue 22nd 7pm Who Pays the Ferryman - 10 years on (Botany). Meet Uddingston Station. John Lyth
Thur 24th 7pm Trees Springburn Park. Meet Balgrayhill Road entrance NS606685; Bob Gray
July
Sat 3rd 10.30am Botany. Circular walk from Craigmarloch, including canal and Croy Hill.
Meet at car park beside canal south east of Kilsyth, NS733772.
Edna Stewart See newsletter for details.
Sun 11th Old and New - Invertebrate recording in newly created habitats in 2 locations:
10.00am Hogganfield LNR: meet at Hogganfield car park off Cumbernauld Road.
13.30pm Cardowan Moss: meet at Mossvale Road, park on straight section between Glenraith Road and Powrie Street.
For those attending both sections transport will be co-ordinated between sites & vehicles shared. Cath Scott
Wed 21st Botanical Recording, details to follow; Peter Macpherson
Sat 24th 10.00am Amphibians, Windlaw Marsh/Pedmyre.
Meet Cathkin Braes car park NS 609579 (on Cathkin Road, signposted for Cathkin Braes).
Bring wellies/walking boots; packed lunch (or cafe nearby in Carmunnock). Eilidh Spence
August
Sat 7th 7.00pm Clyde River Foundation - Demonstration of their work and invertebrate recording. River Kelvin.
Meet at Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University. Willie Yeomans (Link with talk on 11 May)
Sat 21st 10.30am Botany, birds & invertebrates: Aberlady Bay LNR, East Lothian.
Bring wellies/walking boots, packed lunch. Led by local warden www.aberlady.org/Nature%20reserve.html.
Sat 28th Andersonian Naturalists’ Society 125th Anniversary Excursion.
Botany; Stonelaw Wood & Castlemilk Glen. Details to follow; Peter MacPherson
September
Sat/Sun 25th/26th Argyll Weekend: Mixed interest.
Sat am Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage, www.sams.ac.uk guided tour.
Sun, to be arranged; Mary Child. See Newsletter
October
Sat 2nd Fungal Foray joint with CAFG. Details to follow; Robin Jones
Sat 9th Fungal Foray joint with CAFG. Garscadden Wood or Daldowie. Details to follow; Keith Watson
Sat 16th 11.00am Shells at Saltcoats. Details to be confirmed.
Bring packed lunch, wellies. Marine museum if it’s wet! Fred Woodward
Sun 17th Mugdock Country Park: Fungal Foray, joint with CAFG. Alan Silverside
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