North Wales
Saturday 16th August: Great Orme, Llandudno
Leader: Wendy McCarthy
Meet at 10:30 at the summit car park, Bishop’s Quarry Road, LL30 2QR. There is a charge for the car park. People may enjoy getting to the summit on the Great Orme Tramway or even walking up. The views will be wonderful.
The Great Orme is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. The Great Orme is home to a number of special and rare plants such as Spiked Speedwell Veronica spicata, the rare Wild Cotoneaster Cotoneaster cambricus, Bloody Crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum and Dark-red Helleborine Epipactis atrorubens to name but a few.
To book, contact Janet John wfs.meetings@gmail.com
Sunday 17th August: Llandudno Junction, North Wales
Leader: Delyth Williams
Meet at 10:30 at the car park at RSPB Conwy Nature Reserve, Llandudno Junction, Conwy, LL31 9XZ. The Reserve is easy to access just off the A55. There are toilets and a café. RSPB members can get in free otherwise entrance is £6.
It’s a huge site with plenty to see, mostly saltmarsh plants and some interesting Oraches Atriplex spp.
The Reserve has mixed scrub and grassland, dotted with temporary pools – loved by dragonflies and butterflies – and earlier in the year it is colourful with orchids. Along the edge of the estuary, there are mudflats and saltmarsh, with a backdrop of the Carneddau mountains beyond.
To book, contact Janet John wfs.meetings@gmail.com
Important information about Two 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.