Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Polmaddy, 23rd August 2024
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A group of nine of us met at Polmaddy Settlement, the ruins of a traditional Galloway farming village abandoned over 200 years ago. It is a beautiful setting with the remains of the buildings scattered over a gentle slope within …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Portling, 12th May 2023
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A group of 13 of us assembled at High Portling. By good fortune it was a fine sunny day and, with low tide at midday, we had the perfect conditions to record plants along the shore and cliffs. Our aim …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Rascarrel and Loch Mackie, 7th September 2024
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After a prolonged wet spell, sunshine arrived at last with a very warm day for our last meeting of the summer. Nine of us met for a walk through the forestry to Loch Mackie and Rascarrel Bay beyond. We were …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Sandyhills, 28th July 2023
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The purpose of the meeting was partly to continue our ongoing coastal survey, but also to gather botanical data because there is a proposal to increase the number of caravans in the bay. We covered two monads: NX8955 and 8954 …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Southerness (New Year Plant Hunt), 2nd January 2024
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A group of nine of us met at Southerness car park and spent the required three hours looking for plants in flower. Only those open enough to show stamens/ stigmas qualified for the list and we reluctantly had to reject …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Southerness, 22nd June 2024
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Despite a meeting at Southerness in September 2023, this area was substituted for the original Tallowquairn site due to difficulty with access. The intention was to go as far westwards from the square Southerness lighthouse as was possible in the …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Torrs Moss, 5th July 2023
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These two sites, together with a number of others in the Castle Douglas area, are of particular significance for their fen vegetation which demonstrates similarities with sites in the Borders, Anglesey and Norfolk. Other sites in the area which share …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Trostrie Motte Farm, 5th July 2024
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A group of 10 of us assembled at Trostrie Motte Farm by kind permission of the owners. The part of the farm that we particularly wanted to survey was the low-lying basin containing the loch, together with the adjacent areas …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Windy Standard, 20th August 2023
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This meeting took place with the kind permission of Natural Power and the landowner, enabling us to drive up their track to the summit, saving both time and an arduous walk. The planned date of Saturday 19th August had to …
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Wood of Cree, 08/04/2017
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Another glorious day for the 10 of us, bright, sunny and warm. As is usual we spent the first half hour only metres from the cars, recording the plants in the grassland including a single and magnificent flowering fritillary Fritillaria …
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