Botany Group field meeting (Dumfriesshire) BSS Urban Botany Weekend
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Dumfriesshire Botany Group field meeting: Urban Botany weekend with the Botanical Society of Scotland. It would be good to have some local people joining the BSS team. See www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/Urban_Flora_of_Scotland Location: To be confirmed Leader: Chris Miles (chris.miles01@btinternet.com), Tel: 01576 610303 …
Botany Group field meeting (Dumfriesshire) Moffat Hills
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Dumfriesshire Botany Group field meeting in the Moffat Hills. Meeting place: To be confirmed Leader: Chris Miles (chris.miles01@btinternet.com), Tel: 01576 610303 Mobile (on the day): 0788 796 4721 Bring a packed lunch if staying for the afternoon and suitable clothing …
Botany Group indoor meeting (Dumfriesshire) – SRUC Barony Campus
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Dumfriesshire Botany Group indoor meeting at SRUC Barony Campus. A recap on last year’s botanical highlights in Dumfriesshire and looking forward to 2019. Plant quiz and exhibit – bring your pictures. An introduction to making herbarium specimens. Location: SRUC Barony …
BSBI Identifying Common Grasses Workshop
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Leader: Chris Miles If you have a good basic knowledge of plant ID (perhaps after attending a BSBI Identifying Wildflower Families workshop) but feel somewhat intimidated when it comes to grasses, this second-level course promises to help. We will concentrate …
Dumfries Botany Group at Barony College 16/09/2018
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An additional meeting was arranged and this took place at the Barony College covering the Square NY0286 taking in part of the Barony College grounds and part of the Ae Water. Before the Barony became a college just after the …
Dumfries Botany Group at Dunscore, 18 Apr 2019
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There were nine of us who met up for the first field meeting of the season at the church at Dunscore on what was a very warm day for April. The aim was to record in the two monads, one …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Annan, 23rd April 2023
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Six of us met at Annan harbour on a warm dry day. The plan was to explore the early flowering species on the southern edge of town and along the lanes and foreshore of south Annan. Recording was focussed on …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Auchengibbert Hill, Thursday 30 June 2022
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We returned to this hill block as last years visit to Craigturra and Tynron Doon had suggested the grasslands are interesting. The hill rises to 372m and is an area of extensive grazing for sheep and perhaps cattle. The grassland …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Barr and Wauk Hill, 20th August 2020
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On a windy and showery day following government guidelines six of us met from 5 households, with no car sharing allowed between households. Ranald had arranged access for us which was kindly granted by Robert Gladstone with parking opposite Barr …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Castle Loch, Lochmaben, 02/09/2018
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Eight of the Dumfriesshire Botany Group met at Castle Loch, Lochmaben on Sunday 2 September. Contrary to the forecast it was rather cloudy and there was drizzle for much of the day. We parked by the remains of the old …
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