Dumfriesshire Botany Group in Moffatdale, 30th June 2019
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The group met where the Spoon Burn goes under the A708 between Moffat and Selkirk. The square for the day includes the Moffat Water Valley and the steep slope down which the Spoon Burn has cut a deep Linn. We …
Events programme for Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group published
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The Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group have published their planned events programme for 2019. The programme commences in late March with a visit to Grey Mare’s Tail (Galloway Forest Park) and will continue throughout the year with visits to a range of …
False Blister beetles in Scotland
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by Bruce Philp, Apr 2019 I have had an interest in the Scottish Oedemera species (False blister beetles) for some time. Their relative distributions of the two main species found in Scotland are not clear with O. virescens being one …
Hoverfly ID course – anyone interested?
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We have recently been in touch with one of the organisers of the Hoverfly Recording Scheme (HRS) about the possibility of running a training course in SW Scotland on this under-recorded insect group. Hoverflies include some of the most striking …
Hunt for the Bog Bush-cricket
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The SWSEIC team took a morning excursion to Aucheninnes Moss in search of one of the regions rarest insects, the Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera, which is only found on two sites in Scotland. Both are within 1 mile of each other near Dalbeattie. …
Introduction to Mosses at Moffat
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An Introduction to Mosses event is being held at the Moffat & District Community Nature Reserve on Saturday 20th May. The event is led by bryophytes expert Liz Kungu from Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Please see poster below for booking …
Joint meeting between Botanical Society of Scotland (BSS) and Botanical Society Britain and Ireland (BSBI) Dumfriesshire Botany Group (DBG) 24-27th May 2019
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The long weekend meeting was planned to record in urban centres as part of BSS Urban Flora of Scotland Project, given that Dumfries and Galloway had to date received little coverage. BSS objective is to record in towns and cities …
Juncus ID training day
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Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group training day focusing on the identification of the 13 species of Juncus found in VC73. The day will be structured around a morning indoor session getting used to the terminology, looking at fresh and pressed specimens and …
KBG – 20th September 2024
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Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group meeting at target aquatic sites. Sites to be confirmed nearer the time.
KBG – 7th September 2024
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Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group meeting at target aquatic sites. Sites to be confirmed nearer the time.
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