Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Newbie, 08/04/2018
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Three brave folk met at Newbie shore in a stiff wind on Wednesday morning. The day improved and by the end of the afternoon the promised warm weather had finally arrived. High tide was at about 14:00 and so by …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Nunholm- 11th September 2022
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On a fine morning with light rain arriving only at the end of the day ten of us met at the car park beside the river at Nunholm and walked along the riverside path first going west and then after …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Powfoot, 4th August 2019
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In fine and warm weather a group of 9 of us met at the car park at the western end of the village. Our objective was to record the square including the caravan site in the morning and, if the …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Powhillon Farm – 14th August 2022
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On one of the last of the very hot days in August we visited Powhillon Farm courtesy of Dave Pickett, Manager for the WWT Caerlaverock Reserve. We were met by Dave with Lucy and Sue. All joined us for the …
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 …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at River Nith, Closeburn, 6th September 2020
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On a fine sunny day following government guidelines six of us met from 4 households, with no car sharing allowed between households. Ranald using local knowledge had suggested where cars could be parked and we met by the water treatment …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Springkell, 16th June 2024
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Seven of the group met at Burnfoot with kind permission to survey the Springkell Estate grounds from Rachel Johnson-Ferguson. A route had been discussed with Rachel before the visit and we stuck to that route as closely as possible which …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Tarras Nature Reserve, Sunday 24 April 2022
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The first field meeting of 2022 took place on the southern end of the new Community owned Tarras Valley Nature Reserve. Unlike last years visit to the open moorland north of Middlemoss farm this visit was to an area where …
Dumfriesshire Botany Group at Tarras Valley, 28th June 2024
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On a dry though largely overcast day seven of us met just south of Cooms Farm on the Tarras Reserve east of Langholm. We had checked the date with the reserve team and they had said that Langholm common ridings …
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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