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. |