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GNS Field Meetings Summer 2010
The field meetings, unless stated below, will be of general interest, including birds, botany, geology ... whatever turns up. Stout footwear essential, and remember your hand-lenses and binoculars.
Saturday 5 June 2010, 10.00am
Cud Hill, Upton St Leonards (SO861125). Limestone grassland restored over the last decade. Good for Skylark, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer and other scrub birds, and for flowers especially orchids. Leader: Lynne Garner.
Sunday 13 June 2010, 10.30am
19 Chesterton Grove, Cirencester to look at the results from the previous night’s moth-trapping session and other invertebrates from a mature suburban garden. Hope for good weather! Parking in Chesterton Grove with due consideration for residents. Leader: David Scott-Langley (01285 659631).
Saturday 26 June 2010, 10.30am
Cinderford Linear Park/Laymoor Quag. Day-flying moths and butterflies with hoped-for highlight Clouded Buff. Meet opposite Winner Garage (SO644151). Bring packed lunch if required. Will continue in afternoon. Leader: Roger Gaunt (01594 530475).
*Monday 28 June 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting, Cleeve Common. Mainly for Herminium monorchis. Meet at the quarry public car park, SO989271. (Turn right after the golf club; do not park in the golf club car park.) Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
*Sunday 4 July 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting, Noverton Hill and Puckham for Herminium monorchis. Meet at the car park by the radio masts, SO994248. Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
*Monday 5 July 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting. Leckhampton Hill for Herminium monorchis. Meet at the car park at SO951179. Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
*Thursday 8 July 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting, Juniper Hill, Painswick Beacon and Cranham Common for Herminium monorchis. Meet at small roadside car park below Juniper Hill. SO865082. Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
*Tuesday 27 July 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting, Notgrove for Chrysanthemum segetum. By Notgrove church. SP109200. There is roadside parking nearby. Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
*Thursday 5 August 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting, Wigpool Common. For general recording including bryophytes of this heathland area. Roadside parking at SO652193. Leader Richard Lansdown
**Tuesday 10 August 2010
Lichens. Meet at Bulls Cross, Painswick, SO877087, at 11am. Leader: Juliet Bailey (01452 722310)
*Saturday 14 August 2010, 11.00am
Plant Group meeting, Coaley Peak and Selsey Common for Chrysanthemum segetum and Juniper communis. Coaley Peak Picnic Site car park. SO794014. Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
Sunday 15 August 2010, 11.30am
Crabtree Hill. Meet in the car park at SO622125. At this meeting we will be celebrating the life of Bob Godfrey, who did so much to conserve the Forest of Dean, ensuring the survival of pockets of open land during and after the big afforestation push of the 1960s. The recent heathland restoration here at Crabtree Hill and elsewhere in the Dean is part of his legacy. Bring a picnic. Leader: Ivan Proctor (01594 832632)
*Tuesday 17 August 2010, 2.00pm
Plant Group meeting, Littleton Warth for Hordeum marinum. Meet at 2.00pm at the end of the lane by the industrial estate. SO588910. Leaders: Clare and Mark Kitchen (01453 810958)
**Tuesday 28 September 2010
Lichens. Meet at 11am at the church, Cranham, SO891124. We will probably look at the woodlands after lunch. Leader: Juliet Bailey (01452 722310)
Saturday 2 October 2010, 10am, Crypt School, Gloucester
Gloucestershire Bird Atlas Conference. Gearing up for the final year of field work for the Atlas. Everyone welcome, no charge. Please contact Andy Lewis if you would like to attend. 07789 430441, ac.lewis****at****btinternet.com
Sunday 7 November 2010, 2pm
Fungi. Meet at New Fancy View car park, Parkend, SO627095. Leaders: Keith and Valerie Davies (01452 760278)
Gloucestershire Invertebrate Group has field meetings mainly at weekends from April to October. GNS members are welcome to come along and see what they do. Please contact David Long on 01242 527673 for advice on which meetings would be suitable.
* Gloucestershire Plant Group field meetings
This year's meetings are mainly aimed at BSBI Threatened Plant Species and are open to all those interested in the flora of the county. The purpose is to search for particular species at historic sites. The localities are not checked beforehand and the species are not always found to be still present. However, participants are likely to learn about the species under investigation. Bring lunch if appropriate and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Please note any late changes will only be notified by e-mail so please ensure that Mark and Clare Kitchen have your contact details. If you do not have e-mail please phone them directly a couple of days beforehand to ensure the meeting will take place.
Clare and Mark Kitchen, 01453 810958, markarkitchen****at****yahoo.com
**Lichen meetings
Please bring a x10 hand lens. All welcome, including beginners. We usually take a picnic lunch and break for about half an hour at 1pm. Beginners often are starting to get boggled by this time, and are under no pressure to remain for the afternoon session which finishes about 4pm. Lichens lose many of their characteristic features in wet weather, so meetings can be called off at very short notice if it is rainy. Phone the leader to check if in doubt.
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