Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group, Lochs Stroan & Skerrow, 15/09/2018
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Trust me to choose a difficult area to survey, although this was partly determined by a desire to cover the two lochs and the rail bed. The area covered 5 monads (1×1 km squares) falling within 4 different tetrads (2×2 …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group, Mabie Forest 1 June 2019
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The field meetings this year just get better and better with rare or scarce plants recorded – the Nationally Scarce Carex elongata last meeting, and now this is surpassed and was enjoyed by 7 of us. Even the weather was …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group, Ravenshall Point, 8th April 2022
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Warned you all that it was difficult to get in and out of the site! Despite that, 5 of us descended the cliffs by another, “easier” route down the cliffs at the west end of the search area. On the …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group, River Urr, Corsock: 25th March 2022
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I chose this site because there are very few records for the River Urr between Old Bridge of Urr and Corsock and it looked in passing as though it should be good. The major problem is finding anywhere to park …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group, Rush Training Day, Auchencairn (Torr Farm) 20/07/2018
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After weeks of dry very sunny weather, Friday turned out to be cool, cloud-shrouded and rainy. Despite this 11 of us met in the converted barn of the farm to try our hands at rush (Juncus spp) identification. Most of …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group, Urr Water, Glaisters Bridge and Glaisters 11/05/2019
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Urr Water, Glaisters Bridge and Glaisters 11th May 2019 Despite a change in the weather, 7 of us assembled at Corsock before driving up to the first monad at Glaisters Bridge (NX7580). I thought we might get some distance away …
Kirkgunzeon Moth Trapping Day
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Kirkgunzeon Moth Trapping Day, 17th May 2025
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SWSEIC held our fourth Kirkgunzeon village community moth trapping event in on Saturday 17th May. The village has tasted the fun and excitement of moth-trapping in previous years and as the SWSEIC office is located in the village we …
Leaf Beetle Workshop
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The workshop run by Buglife is a chance to learn more about these fascinating insects and how to identify some of the more common species. There will be a presentation in the morning followed by a short survey at Kirkconnell …
Leaf beetles and their identification workshop
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This workshop will introduce the leaf beetle family, how it can be recognised from other beetles and some of the commoner species that can be found in Scotland. Free event, booking essential. The workshop will be run by Buglife. For …
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