Mon 11 April 2022
10.30
Leader: Roger Heath-Brown Meet at 10:30 at the crossroads, SP38561551 (limited roadside parking). We hope to see Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Gagea lutea, Toothwort Lathraea squamaria…
Sat 16 April 2022
10.30
Leader: Stephen Clarkson Meet at 10:30 in the car park at Weeting Heath Nature Reserve on Hockwold Road just to the west of Weeting, IP27 0QF (Grid ref TL 757 881) This meeting…
Sat 23 April 2022
10.30
Leaders: Gareth Bursnall & Priscilla Nobbs The walk will start at 10:30. Park in the lane just north of Betchworth Station at TQ 209 514. A walk along the North Downs Way to…
Wed 27 April 2022
19.00
A virtual tour of British and European sites for finding familiar and unfamiliar alpine plants flowering in…
Sun 8 May 2022
10.30
Leaders: Jane Lowe, Moira O’Donnell, Linda Pitkin 10:30 start. Meet on the verge by the buffers at New Addington Tramlink terminus TQ382622. Free parking available at adjacent…
Sat 21 - Sun 22 May 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Saturday 21st May and Sunday 22nd May: A meeting in Yorkshire around York and Harrogate Saturday 21st May: Ashberry…
Wed 8 - Thu 9 June 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Wednesday 8th June: Cors y Llyn NNR, Newbridge-on-Wye, Mid Wales Leader: Ray Woods. Meet 10:30 in the car park for Cors y…
Fri 10 - Sat 11 June 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Friday 10th June: Farthing Downs, Ditches Lane, Coulsdon, Surrey Leaders: Priscilla Nobbs and Moira Smith Meet at 10:30 at…
Thu 16 - Fri 17 June 2022
10.00
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Thursday 16th June: Morningside Meadows, Royal Wootton Bassett, a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserve followed in the…
Sat 18 - Sun 19 June 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Leader: Stephen Parker Visiting two very different habitats to see a wide range of native and non-native species, including…
Mon 20 June 2022
10.30
Leaders: John and Monika Walton Meet for a 10.30 start at the car park of Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve, Brandon Lane, CV3 3GW, grid ref. SP386761. If you are a member of any…
Wed 22 June 2022
11.00
Leaders Clare and Mark Kitchen Meet at 11:00am at the large free car park just to the right inside the power station gates BS35 1RQ (ST608943). No toilets (the nearest are at…
Thu 23 June 2022
10.30
Leader: Julie Clarke Maximum Number 15 Meet for a 10:30 start in Eaves Wood Car Park, Silverdale LA5 0UQ, (SD472760). Parking is free, there are no facilities. Walking along The…
Thu 23 June 2022
10.30
Leader: Kevin Peberdy, Chief Operating Officer WWT, and WWT staff Kevin is a botanist by profession and he will share Slimbridge with us from a botanist’s viewpoint. We will be…
Sat 25 - Sun 26 June 2022
10.00
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Saturday 25th June: Folkestone Downs Leader: Alfie Gay (White Cliffs Countryside Partnership) Meet and park at 10.00…
Wed 29 June 2022
10.30
Leader: Stephen Clarkson Meet at 10:30 in the free car park at Cressing Temple Barns, Cressing, Essex CM77 8PD (Grid ref. TL 799 186) Magnificent barns used by the Knights Templar…
Thu 30 - Sat 2 July 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Leader: Priscilla Nobbs This is a three day “Come and Find” meeting. Good idea to bring your binoculars as well as your…
Sat 2 July 2022
10.30
Leader: Barbara Allen Maximum Number 15 Meet for a 10:30 start in the small reserve car park at the end of Maes-y-Ffynnon Road, Gwynfryn, Minera, LL11 3DE. (SJ259519) There are no…
Tue 5 - Fri 8 July 2022
10.00
This meeting is a four day meeting. Priority will be given to people booking all four days. Leader: Ian Green Meet at 10:00 at Burghead IV30 5UH (NJ113687) on Tuesday 5th…
Tue 5 July 2022
10.30
Leader: Jackie Hardy supported by local WFS members. Meet at 10.30 at Winyates Green Community Centre Car Park. Furze Lane off Far Moor Lane, Winyates Green, Redditch B98 0SE,…
Sun 10 July 2022
10.00
Leader : Stephen Clarkson Meet at 10:00 -Please note the slightly earlier start. A Breckland Hunt hasn’t been done for many years and we’ll aim to visit half a dozen sites in…
Thu 14 July 2022
10.30
Leaders: Peter Jepson and Sheila Wynn Meet for a 10:30 start in Sunnyhurst Woods Car Park, Sunnyhurst, Darwen BB3 1JX Grid Ref: SD67922240. The decommissioned reservoir area is…
Sat 16 July 2022
10.30
Leaders: Bruce Brown and Sheila Wynn (Joint Meeting with the Bradford Botany Group) Maximum Number 10 Meet for a 10:30 start in the public car park next to the Sailing Club at…
Wed 20 July 2022
10.00
Leader Alan Leslie Meet at 10:00. We need to park on the small stretch of road running parallel to the north side of the A1304 which is accessed from the roundabout south-west…
Fri 22 - Sat 23 July 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Friday 22nd July: Burham Downs Leader: Priscilla Nobbs Meet at 10:30 at Village Hall Car Park, Rochester Way, Burham,…
Sun 24 July 2022
10.30
Leader; Stephen Clarkson Meet at 10:30. This is a Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserve of ancient woodland to be found at TL976429 IP7 6HD just to the west of Kersey. There is a small…
Mon 25 July 2022
10.30
Leader: Roger Heath-Brown Meet at the RSPB car park, SP57011268, at 10.30. This is a wetland site, and wellies will be essential! Plants vary from year to year depending on the…
Sat 6 - Sun 7 August 2022
10.30
These meetings may be booked as individual days. Saturday 6th August: South Gare, North Yorkshire Leader: Dave Barlow Meet for a 10:30 start opposite the fishermen’s huts at…
Fri 26 August 2022
10.30
Leader: Geoffrey Hall Meet at 10:30 at the Rutland Water Volunteer Centre (SK883083) off the road between Oakham and Upper Hambleton. Please bring lunch, a drink and wellies.”…
Fri 2 - Mon 5 September 2022
Accommodation is available at the Field Studies Centre. There are 47 bedrooms most of which are en-suite. There are 13 bedrooms on the ground floor level. We will have exclusive…
Sun 11 September 2022
10.30
Leader: Sven Wair Meet at 10:30 at Lofts Farm CM9 8NZ (TL866090). We have permission from Edwina, the farm’s owner and manager to walk round the estate which she is rewilding…
Sun 18 September 2022
11.00
Leader Brian Laney Meet at 11:00. Parking is free opposite the wood in a long linear car park on Harlestone Road, near the Harlestone Heath Garden Centre (Dobbies). NN5 6UJ (…
Wed 12 October 2022
19.00
A gentle introduction to Mosses and Liverworts, their structure, biology and identification. These tiny plants grow in all kinds of habitats, from pavement cracks and lawns to…
Sat 29 October 2022
10.30
Details to be decided. Register your interest by provisionally booking and further details will be sent to you. To book, contact Janet John wfs.meetings@gmail.com or phone 01753…
Sun 30 October 2022
10.30
Meet at 10:30 in the Cherry Tree car park in Dereham as per the details above for the First Hunt on 6th March. A walk around this small town to find as many plants in flower as…
Wed 9 November 2022
19.00
The fascinating relationship between hoverflies and the plants in our gardens and local countryside. Hoverflies are the flies that everyone loves and this is an opportunity to…
Wed 7 December 2022
19.00
Find out about the causes of those strange shapes, lumps, bumps, and growths on plants – the galls. What causes them, how do you identify them and where can you find out more…