Excursion Programme
- All interested are very welcome, but we must ask that children are accompanied and supervised by an adult.
- All Meetings or Excursions attended by Society members or their guests are entirely at their own risk. Participants should follow any safety advice given by the leader. Please wear appropriate clothing/ footwear.
- Contact Organiser to: check arrangements and confirm interest, and if necessary, for help to arrange a pick-up point if transport is required, or you intend to use public transport to a nearby bus stop / railway station.
- For reasons of personal safety, would all members and guests attending excursions supply the leader with their mobile phone number, and have their phone with them on excursions.
- If you have to cancel, please notify the leader.
Please note: any remaining Covid restrictions or advice will be observed with the safety of the whole group being paramount. No one should attend if they test positive or have any Covid symptoms
April
Sun 30th 10am, Brownside Braes. Joint GNHS and Paisley Naturalists. Focus on birds, particularly Lesser Whitethroat. Meet at Brownside Farm car park, Caplethill Road, Paisley, PA2 7TR, NS48887 60692. Leader Tom Byars
May
Sat 13th, 11am, Ayr Gorge Woodlands, Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve, bluebells, mixed interest. Meet at the entrance to the Gorge in Failford village, NS45972615 on the B743 between Ayr and Mauchline.
The Gorge consists of a steep ravine of sandstone cliffs in deciduous woodland. Steep paths so wear suitable boots. Bring packed lunch. Leader Gill Smart
Thu 18th, 7pm, Cowlairs Park, mainly trees. Meet near the entrance at the NW corner of the park, at the junction between Killearn Street and Rednock Street, NS59256750. Easy walking on park paths.
Leader Bob Gray
Sat 27th, 11am, Newlands Park, mixed interest, including pond. Meet near Dandelion Café NS57096063, just inside the main Lubnaig Road entrance to the Park, NS57136058 (100yds north of Airlour Road). G43 2RY.
Leader Richard Weddle
June
Sun 11th, 11am, Shewalton Wood, SWT Reserve, mixed interest. Meet at Reserve car park, NS3373 3567. If it is full, it is ok to park across the road at the north end of the paper mill car park at NS33663563.
Leader Alison Moss
Tuesday, 13th - Yorkhill Park and Summer Social - see information in newsletter.
Sat 24th, 11am, The Saltings, mixed interest, including wild flower meadow and Forth and Clyde Canal. Meet at car park on the west of Erskine Ferry Road, Old Kilpatrick, NS465724, G60 5EU.
Leader Pam Murdoch
July
Sat 8th, 11am, Cochno Reservoir, mixed interest including Exmoor ponies, Osprey, butterflies and mixed botanical habitats. Meet at Auchnacraig car park, NS50307401, G81 5QW.
Leader Alison Moss
Thu 6th, 7pm, Robroyston Park East, mainly trees. Meet at south-east entrance on Quarrywood Road at NS6295 6775. Leader, Bob Gray
Sun 23rd, 11am, Ardmore Peninsula, mixed interest, coastal path, grassland, shoreline, woodland. Meet at car park by shore, NS324786, G82 5HE. Leader Alison Moss
August
Sun. 6th, 11am, Portencross, mixed interest. Meet at Portencross car park, NS1766 4882.
Leader Gill Smart, 07920 468560
Late Summer - Autumn
As usual, there will be 2 joint excursions with the Clyde and Argyll Fungus Group (CAFG) this year. The following dates are provisional and may be adjusted in response to fungus fruiting and weather. Confirmation of dates and full details of meeting points etc, will be confirmed by email nearer the time.
OctoberSun 8th: Balloch Country Park [Complete]
Sat 21st 11:00-15:00, The Necropolis (Glasgow), fungi
Meeting place: Main gates (behind St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life and Art, adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral)
DIrections: Access by public transport: Information at https://www.glasgownecropolis.org/location/.
Queen Street Station, Buchanan Bus Station and Buchanan Street Subway station are all about 1 mile from the gates and High Street Station is nearer at just over a quarter of a mile - on the Helensburgh-Airdrie-Edinburgh line
Leader: Neill Simpson
Bring: Warm and waterproof clothing; sturdy boots or wellies; and the usual field mycology kit (hand lens, knife, collecting box or basket, field guide, notebook & pen, camera).
Provisions: Bring your own, or use one of many local shops.
The CAFG programme retains a degree of flexibility to respond to the whims of the fungus world. There is also the possibility we might include galls and autumn invertebrates in these meetings with the expert help of Paul Cobb. This aspect often overlaps with fungal associations and would be an interesting addition to our records.
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