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. All Meetings or Excursions attended by Society members or their guests are entirely at their own risk. Participants should follow any safety advice given by Leader.
April
Sat 9th 10.00am Molluscs at Dams to Darnley Country Park. Meet at Ashoka car park (corner of Nitshill Rd and Corselet Rd) NS530596. Packed lunch. Leader Adrian Sumner.
Sat 16th 1pm Shore Walk Cumbrae. Meet Nardini’s Cafe for lunch, Largs (opposite ferry).
Morag Mackinnon & Mary Child See March Newsletter
Thur 28th 8pm-10.30pm approx. Night lamping for newts. Robroyston LNR (Joint with Froglife Volunteers). NB Numbers limited - booking essential. Eilidh Spence.
Sat 30th 11:00am Fungal Foray Kelvingrove Park. Clyde & Argyll Fungus Group. Meet at foot of steps at the rear of the Museum (the entrance facing the river).Graeme Walker
May
Sat 14th 10.30am-4pm approx; with Edinburgh Natural History Society;
Lochwood Oaks, nr Moffat. Meet at Moffat Station NT083049. Leader Wilma Harper
Sun 15th Birds and Photography East Loch Lomondside. Meet at SCENE, nr Rowardennan NS376960
David Palmar 07904 119047 See March Newsletter
Sat 21st Gartcosh & Brownsburn, Laura Whyte & N Lanarkshire Rangers.
Thur 26th Trees of Alexandra Park; Bob Gray
June
Sat 4th 11am Botanising at Dunure; Meet at the cliff-top car park in Dunure in front of the castle (NS251 156). As the outing is just into June we may face a parking charge of £2 per car. Pam Murdoch
Sat/Sun 11-12th Kingdom of Fife Trees; Bob Gray. See Newsletter for details
Tue 14th Summer Social; see Newsletter
Wed 15th 7.00pm Walls Hill, Renfrewshire: Mire and Grassland habitats.
Meet (park) at roadside by Skiff/Midton Wood (NS406600) Keith Watson
Sat 18th 10.00am - 12noon approx. Cleddans Burn Froglife. Meet at Goals 5-a-Side pitches
G81 2XT, NS507712 Contact Eilidh Spence
Tue 21st 7.00pm Local Naturalists Evening Ramble. Meet at Uddingston Station. John Lyth
Sat 25th 10.30am Orchids etc at Muiravonside Country park Falkirk.
Meet at Muiravonside Car Park; leader Edna Stewart
Thur 30th 7.00pm Trees of Victoria Park; Meet at Westland Drive/Clydeside Expressway entrance (NS536673). Bob Gray
July
Sat 2nd 10.00am - 12noon approx: Robroyston LNR - mainly invertebrates.
Meet at main park entrance NS 629678. Leader Dave Garner
Sat 9th 10.30am Knockshinnoch Lagoons SWT Reserve, New Cumnock, Plants & invertebrates.
Leader Gill Smart
Sat/Sun 16/17th Arran. Booking required. Anne Orchardson
Wed 20th Evening. Botanical Recording. Peter Macpherson; details later
Sat 23rd 13.00 with Hamilton Natural History Society. Langlands Moss, East Kilbride.Leader Michael Pink
August
Sat 6th 10.00am Grasses & water plants, Craigallian Loch. Edna Stewart. See Newsletter for details
Wed 17th 9:30-16:00 Flanders Moss. Vegetation, dragonflies, lizards, etc.
Meet at Reserve Carpark. Leader Stephen Longster, SNH.
September
Sun 11th Fungal Foray Kelburne Park, Largs. Leader Graeme Walker
Sun 18th Fungal Foray Balloch Park, Leader Graeme Walker
October
Sat 1st Fungal Foray Strathblane with Clyde & Argyll Fungus Group. Bring packed lunch.
Sun 23rd Fungal Foray Linn Park with Clyde & Argyll Fungus Group. Leader Robin Jones.
Meet 11am at the west entrance to Linn Park on Clarkston Road, between Netherlee Road and Linnpark Avenue. NS 578 590; bring packed lunch.
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