Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Windy Standard, 20th August 2023
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This meeting took place with the kind permission of Natural Power and the landowner, enabling us to drive up their track to the summit, saving both time and an arduous walk. The planned date of Saturday 19th August had to …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Upper Kello Water, 13th August 2023
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During the rather wet August we were lucky to get a breezy day with no rain in Upper Nithsdale. The visit was to a largely unrecorded area of the upper Kello Water north west of Kirkconnel. The Kellow Water is …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Sandyhills, 28th July 2023
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The purpose of the meeting was partly to continue our ongoing coastal survey, but also to gather botanical data because there is a proposal to increase the number of caravans in the bay. We covered two monads: NX8955 and 8954 …
Site of the Month: Hannahston Community Woodland (August 2023)
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Hannahston, at Drongan, has a history of coal extraction with opencast mining in operation until as recently as 1996, when reclamation of the site into a community facility began. As a result, most of the trees are still fairly young, but …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Powhillon Farm 30th July 2023
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On a fine day we gathered under the broad open skies at Powhillon Farm at the kind invitation of Dave Pickett the WWT Caerlaverock Manager. Dave stayed with us all day and guided us across the ditches and seawalls to …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Kirkbean Glen, 19th July 2023
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We were lucky enough to have two members of the British Pteridological Society join us for the day: Alison Evans and Roger Golding. Alison is studying the Dryopteris affinis group for a PhD and both she and Roger had been …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Torrs Moss, 5th July 2023
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These two sites, together with a number of others in the Castle Douglas area, are of particular significance for their fen vegetation which demonstrates similarities with sites in the Borders, Anglesey and Norfolk. Other sites in the area which share …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Kettleton Reservoir 29th June 2023
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A party of 6 of us met at the parking area beside Morton castle on a fine morning. Morton Castle which dates from around 1260 is rather hidden in this landscape, perhaps by design as a safe retreat. The castle …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Carlingwark Loch, 17th June 2023
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Those who arrived early were tempted to wander along the loch shore from the car park and were delighted to see abundant flowering Cowbane Cicuta virosa amongst the Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima in the marginal vegetation. When everyone had arrived, …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Tarras Water, 18th June 2023
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Seven of us met at the car park just north of Tarras Lodge on the northern section of the Tarras Nature Reserve. Langholm Initiative had been able to complete the purchase of this second part of the Langholm moors in …
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