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Excursion Programme

2008

April
26/27th Bute - Joint with Bute Natural History Society - Mixed weekend; Glyn Collis; See booking form

May
Tue 6th 6.15pm Portencross, Shore Walk; Mary Child; Meet Portencross Car Park

Thu 15th Cumbrae Marine Station, Marine Research; Dr Phil Cowie; Anne Orchardson

Tue 20th 9.45am Ailsa Craig, Birds; Bernie Zonfrillo; See booking form

Thur 22nd 7.00pm Rosshall Woodland Garden, Trees; Bob Gray; Meet car park on the east side of Crookston Road, just south of the hospital at grid reference NS519631

31 May - 7 June Soll, Austria, Alpines; Morag Mackinnon

June
Sun 8th Hogganfield Loch, BBC Springwatch; Bernie Zonfrillo; Details to follow

Wed 11th 6.30pm Inchmurrin, Summer Social; Margaret Stead; See Newsletter

Sat/Sun 14/15th Lothian Weekend, Trees; Bob Gray; see Newsletter.

Sat 21st 10am Inchcailloch; Joint with Edinburgh Natural History Society; Ian McCallum; Balmaha Car Park

Tues 24th 7.00pm St John's Jaunt (Botany); John Lyth; meet Bothwell Castle car park

Thu 26th 7.00pm Glasgow Green, Trees; Bob Gray; Outside People's Palace grid ref: NS601643

July
Sat 5th Plean Country Park, Orchids; Edna Stewart 587 7199. See Newsletter

Wed 9th 6.00pm Craigmuir (nr. Sandford, Strathaven), Biodiversity/insects; Geoff Hancock; OS ref NS714425

Tue 15th 9.45am Ailsa Craig, Birds; Bernie Zonfrillo; See booking form

Fri 18th 9.00pm Darnley Country Park; Moth Recording; Neil Gregory; details to follow

Wed 23rd Botanical Recording; Peter Macpherson; details to follow

August
Sat 9th Falls of Clyde (Joint with Butterfly Conservation), Purple Hairstreak; Richard Sutcliffe

Sat 30th 9.30am Possil Loch & surrounding area, Invertebrates; Mike Rutherford/Jeanne Robinson; details to follow

September
Sat 6th 10.00am Mugdock Woods, Molluscs; Adrian Sumner; Milngavie station

Sat 20th 10.30am Garscadden Wood, Fungal Foray; Keith Watson; meet Drummore Road (nr Saddell Road junction), Drumchapel

Sat 20th Bute - Joint with Bute NHS - Geology Day with Julian Hill; meet at Wemyss Bay Ferry Terminal 8.40am, or at the Museum, Rothesay 10.15am

October
Sat 4th 10.30 Fungal Foray; Robin Jones; Loudon Castle CP, nr. Kilmarnock; meet at the western entrance

Sun 12th Bute - Joint with Bute NHS - Fungal Foray; Alan Silverside; meet at Wemyss Bay Ferry Terminal 9.30am, or at the Museum, Rothesay 11.00am

Sat 18th 9.30 am Hogganfield Loch, Birds; Bernie Zonfrillo; meet at Hogganfield Loch car park


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