BORDER BRYOLOGISTS

2012 – 2013

Our meetings are to help beginners learn their mosses and liverworts, rather than high-powered recording sessions. All are on Sundays, and start at 10.30 a.m. Please bring sandwiches.

You may wish to bring with you a copy of the British Bryological Society's Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a Field-guide (2010).

You are very welcome to suggest venues for future outdoor meetings; please include grid references and details for parking. In case of any queries, contact the group leader:

Mark Lawley,
12A Castleview Terrace,
Ludlow
SY8 2NG

Tel: 01584 876564
m.lawley@virgin.net

2012

October

Sunday 14th

Corndon Hill
Rocks and soil on the east flank of Corndon Hill in south-eastern Montgomeryshire will be our target for our first meeting of the winter. Park at the end of the track to Mitchell’s Fold stone circle (SO 302979).

November

Sunday 11th

Pontesford Hill and Earl’s Hill
Ancient volcanic rocks and damp woodland offer plenty of bryological variety at Pontesford Hill and Earl’s Hill (SJ 4004/4005). Park at the forestry entrance (SJ 409056).

2013

January

Sunday 13th

Queens Wood
Jonathan Sleath will lead us at Queens Wood near Ross-on-Wye, where a mixture of semi-natural and plantation woodland includes several small nature reserves owned by the Forestry Commission and managed by Herefordshire Nature Trust. There are only 24 records of bryophytes from the site, so there will be plenty new for us to find. Meet in the car park at (SO 678284).

February

Sunday 17th

Bilbatch
Flushes in Bilbatch on the Long Mynd (Bryum weigelii, etc.) require our attention. Park at SO 421954.

March

Sunday 17th

Swinyard Hill
Meet with the Worcestershire Moss Group in the car park at Swinyard Hill (SO 766381) to explore the north-east corner of Castlemorton Common and the southern Malvern Hills.



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