Brandon Marsh and Brandon Reach, Warwickshire
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…
Harlestone Firs, Northamptonshire
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 ( SP711637) There are toilets and a café at the garden centre. The area on signs is called Harlestone Heath.
Species we might encounter including species in the Northants Rare Plant Register include Heath Cudweed Omalotheca sylvatica, Water-purslane Lythrum portula, Dwarf Gorse Ulex minor, and Small Cudweed Logfia minima. If time permits we might go onto another location nearby perhaps the one with Jersey Cudweed Laphangium luteoalbum.
To book, contact Janet John wfs.meetings@gmail.com or phone 01753 884490
Click to bookImportant information about One Day Meeting
- Field meetings are open to all members of the Society. Guests may also attend meetings. Children are welcome but remain the responsibility of parents/guardians at all times.
- Leaders have received updated procedures and recommendations to ensure the safety of members on meetings with regard to Covid-19. These include maintaining social distancing and perhaps limiting numbers at a meeting depending on terrain.
- To receive monthly updates with details about availability of places or changes to arrangements in meetings and information about extra meetings, sign up for the WFS Alerts system.
- Please DO NOT bring dogs as many field meetings are held in nature reserves or where there are grazing animals. Registered guide dogs may be exempt from this requirement, unless they are prohibited by the landowners. Please check with the meeting organiser.
- Transport and accommodation is the responsibility of the attendee. However, members who do not drive or who have difficulty in reaching the starting point should contact the leader, whose details you will be given when you book, to see if transport might be available.
- Please arrive promptly for the meeting. If you have traffic problems let the leader know so they can advise on the route and how you can find the group.
- When you arrive at the meeting, park considerately, act responsibly, bearing in mind the Countryside Code, and stay with the group. Always inform the leader if you must leave before the end of a meeting.
- Packed lunches are usually required and need to be carried.
- All those attending Wild Flower Society field meetings do so at their own risk.