Bamff, Field Meeting

Location

Bamff, Perthshire

Leaders

Maria Chamberlain

Date

Sat, 26/05/2012 - 11:00

Bamff, Perthshire (arriving 11am). Beavers were introduced to the estate in 2002. We will be shown round the estate by the owner, Paul Ramsay, and will be able to assess the impact of the animals on the ecology. Please let Maria.Chamberlain@ed.ac.uk know if you are intending to come so that transport can be rationalised.


AGM followed by lecture: Geodiversity, Geoconservation and Ecosystem Services

Location

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)

Leaders

Mike Browne, GeoConservationUK

Date

Thu, 21/06/2012 - 17:30

AGM followed by lecture by Mike Browne, Chairman of GeoConservationUK, entitled: Geodiversity, Geoconservation and Ecosystem Services.

Tea, coffee and biscuits, will be available from 5.00 p.m.


Edinburgh Herb walk

Location

Science Buildings, RBGE, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR

Leaders

Anne Barker MNIMH

Date

Sat, 23/06/2012 - 10:00

For Herbal Medicine Awareness Week, and in conjunction with Plantlife, Anne Barker MNIMH will lead a herb walk and wildflower survey along the cycle paths between Inverleith Row and Victoria Park. BSS specialists will be on hand to help with plant identification. Open to everyone. Children should be under adult supervision. Please wear appropriate footwear.


BSS & BSBI joint Alpine field Meeting

Location

Ben Chonzie (via Glen Turret)

Leaders

John Holland

Date

Sat, 30/06/2012 - 10:00

The 2012 BSS & BSBI joint Alpine field Meeting, to Ben Chonzie (via Glen Turret). Ben Chonzie is the highest point (929 m) in the south-eastern Highlands approximately 13 km north-west of Crieff. It is a SSSI with an extensive range of moorland communities including blanket mire, heather moorland, montane heaths and acidic grasslands.


Bellhaven Bay, Dunbar, Field Meeting

Location

Bellhaven Bay, Dunbar

Leaders

Richard Milne

Date

Sat, 22/09/2012 - 11:00

Bellhaven Bay, Dunbar. Meet outside the West Barns Inn on Duke St (A1087), NT654781. Start time 11.00 am. The main attractions here are the only plant of Crithmum maritimum ever recorded from the coast of E Scotland and naturalised Clematis tangutica; also Trifolium fragiferum and plentiful saltmarsh plants.


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