Introduction to Wonderful Wildflowers (University Hospital Ayr & Ailsa, Ayr)
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The Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire? Project is excited to be working in partnership with the TCV Scotland and NHS Ayrshire & Arran to provide this informal 1 day workshop. No previous experience in wildflowers/ botany or wildlife recording is necessary – just a …
Introduction to Wonderful Wildflowers, Beith
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The Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire? Project is excited to be working in partnership with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) and the Beith Community Development Trust to provide this informal 1 day workshop. No previous experience in wildflowers/ botany or …
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 …
Kirkcudbright Botany Group, Stroanfreggan and Culmark Moss 24th August 2019
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This meeting was to replace one scheduled here last year but cancelled following days of very heavy rainfall and the threat of flooding. But this time we were in luck as the weather was fine. Seven of us met at …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Auchencairn, 25th March 2023
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The first meeting of the spring took place at Torr Farm Auchencairn by kind permission of Lee Paton. We were indeed very fortunate to be able to use her barn for our meeting as it turned out to be a …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Auchenreoch Loch 24/05/2018
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Just three of us, in brilliant and very warm weather, covered one monad (NX8171) along the lochside very thoroughly and another (NX8271) not so thoroughly, also along the lochside. In the first we got 153 species and in the second …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Balloch Wood, 20th May 2023
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The Balloch Wood Community Project is a charity which was set up in 2016 to manage this woodland for the benefit of the local community. A 25-year management agreement with the Forestry Commission was put together at that time and …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Barlocco Bay, 3rd August 2024
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Nine of us assembled for the 10-minute walk down to the bay – which took us the best part of two and a half hours! No wonder, as we passed through semi-natural woodland and semi-improved grassland before reaching the spoil …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Brighouse Bay, 17th May 2024
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Those of us who arrived a little early took the opportunity first to check out the Perennial Flax Linum perenne in the dunes at the back of the beach. We had feared that it might not be in flower yet, …
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