Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Kirkbean Glen – 27th August 2022
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Six of us turned out and had an excellent day which went beyond all expectations. This glen is a gorge within deciduous woodland, parts of the burn being contained within very steep slopes and rock outcrops. It was notable in July …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Kirkbean Glen, 19th July 2023
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We were lucky enough to have two members of the British Pteridological Society join us for the day: Alison Evans and Roger Golding. Alison is studying the Dryopteris affinis group for a PhD and both she and Roger had been …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Kirkconnell Flow, 05/05/2017
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The good weather continues! Nine of us turned out to explore this great example of a raised bog which is surrounded by both birch and pine woodland. It’s part of the large area containing raised bogs both east and west …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Kirkconnell Merse, 4th August 2022
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The southern half of the merse, part of the site managed by RSPB, has not been grazed recently and we surveyed much of the site with RSPB personnel in attendance. In all, 12 of use covered two of the four …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Knockbrex and Barlocco, 8th June 2024
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As we gathered, a Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca was rattling in the scrub nearby, the first of the year for most of us and a great start to the day. Our aim was to record the single monad NX5849 which …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Loch Urr, 25/08/2017
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On the previous visit in September 2016, we’d got washed out by rain after 2 hours then – sound familiar to those who came this time? I promised a return to the site to cover ground that we didn’t cover …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Loch Valley & Gairland Burn, 02/06/2018
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The threatened thunderstorms didn’t materialise which is a great bonus on exposed hillsides! Despite the original intention of going straight up to Loch Valley (NX4381) some 4km distant and 200 metres upwards to start recording there and working our way …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Long Robin, Kirkcudbright, 26th April 2024
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Long Robin is a long, thin strip of woodland along the eastern edge of Kirkcudbright Bay. The woodland runs directly down to the shore and provided an opportunity to record both woodland and shoreline plants. Our group of eight met …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Mersehead, 26th July 2024
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A group of 12 of us, including staff and volunteers from the RSPB, gathered in the Mersehead car park on a lovely sunny morning. We were fortunate to be allowed access off the public path and the RSPB Warden Rowena …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Newton Stewart, 29th April 2023
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Our aim was to record the two monads NX 4364 and NX 4464, but thanks to Jim, who walked into the furthest and wettest part of the wood, we also recorded part of NX4463. We started at the small car …
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