Excursion Programme
- All interested are very welcome, but we must ask that children are accompanied and supervised by an adult.
- Attendance is at your own risk, and participants should follow any safety advice given by the leader. Please wear appropriate clothing/ footwear.
- Contact leaders beforehand 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. There is no obligation to attend the whole excursion.
- Non-members should contact Info to confirm their interest and obtain contact details for the leader.
- For reasons of personal safety, would all participants 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.
April
Saturday 26th, 11am, Mugdock Country Park + Dumbrock Meadows SSSI and Loch, mixed interest including woodland plants and fungi. Meet at car park entrance (Craigend Visitor Centre) Mugdock Country Park, NS547780 G62 8EL. Leader Alison Moss
May
Sunday 11th, 11am, Cashel Forest, Loch Lomond. Mixed interest, but especially bluebells in mature oak woodland. Meet in the car park, NS399940. The site is also noted for reptile interest, red squirrels, mixed woodlands and many other habitats including pond and heathland. Leader Alison Moss
Thursday 15th, 7pm, Festival Park, Govan, mainly trees. Meet at southeast entrance opposite children’s nursery, Govan Road/Lorne Street, NS568646. Leader Bob Gray
June
Sunday 1st, 11am, Strathblane Wildlife Sanctuary and beyond, mixed interest including pond, meadow and woodland. Meet at entrance close to Sanctuary, NS5585 7930, G63 9DN. Leader Alison Moss
Saturday 14th, 11am, Dykebar and Hollybush, Paisley. Mixed interest, woodland, scrub, wetland and grassland joint with PNHS. Meet in Dykebar Hospital main car park NS5004 6156, PA2 7DE. Leader and contact, Kirsty Menzies
Saturday 21st, 11am, Gailes Beach, Irvine, mixed interest. Meet at Gailes Marsh Reserve car park, NS3231 3597. Leader, Gill Smart
July Friday 4th, 10am, Hurlethill LNR, Recording wildlife around the woodlands, ponds and grasslands with Glasgow City Countryside Rangers; joint with PNHS. Meet at the Reserve entrance on Faskin Road, Glasgow G53 7EY. NS 5155 6120 Leader and contact, Kirsty Menzies
Thursday 17th, 7pm, Richmond Park East, mostly trees. Meet at entrance opposite 30/34 Richmond Terrace, c. NS 602 630. Leader and contact, Bob Gray
Saturday 26th, 11am, Fereneze Braes and Boylestone Quarry, local biodiversity site of mixed interest joint with PNHS. Meet in Brownside Farm car park, off Caplethill Road, Paisley, NS4888 6069, PA2 7TX. Leader Kirsty Menzies
August Saturday 2nd, 11am, Lochshore Park, Glengarnock, mixed interest. Meet at the Garnock Community Hub car park, NS6232 5350. Leader Gill Smart
Sunday 24th, 11am, Holy Loch Nature Reserve, Sandbank, Argyll, mixed interest. This will be led by Neil Hammatt, manager of this LNR. Meet at the entrance to the Reserve, NS153814, PA23 8PD. Leader Neil Hammatt
Late Summer- Autumn - as usual, there will be at least 2 joint meetings with the Clyde and Argyll Fungus Group; the Holy Loch Reserve may be one of these. Details nearer the time.
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