| Programme Details |
All meetings start at 10.30am unless otherwise stated and usually finish at around 4pm. The meetings are open to all and are free unless otherwise stated. Bring hand-lens, notebooks and field guides if you wish, relevant OS 1:25000 maps and a GPS if you have one. Suitable clothing and footwear is recommended and bring a packed lunch. If the weather is very wet or windy (or forecast to be) the meeting may be cancelled - contact the co-ordinator beforehand to check.
BOOKING is required for each event - please book with the co-ordinator
Ian Bennallick unless otherwise stated.
To view the programme of past meeting - click here.
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| Wednesday 21st May 2008 - 6PM |
LANTIC BAY (SX15), |
| An evening wild flower walk with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust (Restormel branch), all welcome. |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: National Trust car park west of Triggabrowne, SX149513 |
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| Friday 23rd May 2008 - 10am |
DIZZARD WOOD (SX19) |
| Stunning coastal habitat with stunted oakwood, and hopefully refinding Ranunculus auricomus. |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: lay-by at Cancleave, SX175992 |
| Limited parking, please lift share if possible. |
| Sunday 1st June 2008 - 10am |
Cargreen area (SX46) |
| Saltmarsh and estuary habitat and inland lanes. A visit to nearby Kingsmill Farm, where a wild flower meadow and pond have been created, is included |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: Cargreen, SX435626. |
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| Wednesday 18th June 2008 - 10am |
St. Enodoc (SW97) |
| Exploring and recording in sand dune area and coastal built up areas. |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: Daymar Bay paying car park SW928776 |
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| Saturday 19th July 2008 - Sunday 20th July |
North Cornwall |
| Weekend meeting - Wild Flower Society national field meetings based around Bude (SS20) and Week St. Mary (SX29), to see a rich variety of species around Bude, and inland, including Culm grassland species such as Carum verticillatum, Hypericum undulatum and Vicia orobus |
| Leader: Matt Stribley |
Where: TBC |
| FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT MATT STRIBLEY on 01872 279748 |
| Tuesday 22nd July 2008 - 10am |
WARLEGGAN area (SX16) |
| Wooded valleys and lanes on edge of Bodmin Moor hoping to see Platanthera chlorantha, Physospermum cornubiense and moorland flora. |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: Warleggan Down, SX157702. |
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| Wednesday 23rd July 2008 - 10am |
PENDEEN WATCH (SW33) |
| Exploring the coastal cliffs on the western most part of Cornwall |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: near Lighthouse, SW 379358. |
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| Saturday 2nd August 2008 - 11am |
CHURCHTOWN FARM, SALTASH (SX45) |
| Wildflower walk for Friends of Churchtown Farm. Varied habitats with extensive estuarine edge, all welcolm. |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: near School, SX420581 |
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| Sunday 3rd August 2008 - 10am |
TREVISCOE and GOONAMARRIS (SW95) |
| This is an under-recorded tetrad in the China clay area. |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: In lay-by, northeast of Stepaside, SW947546. |
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| Wednesday 13th August 2008 - 10am |
BEENY CLIFF (SX19) |
| coastal cliff north of Boscastle |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: Boscastle paying car park, SX100912. |
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| Wednesday 20th August 2008 - 10am |
PENJERRICK (SW73) |
| A sheltered garden with magnificent tree-ferns. A fern orientated meeting hoping to see native and exotic ferns in the garden |
| Leader: Meet in parkland |
Where: At the entrance to garden SW780309 |
| £2.50 Entrance fee to the garden |
| Saturday 23rd August 2008 - 10am |
DRAYNE’S WOOD ( GOLITHA FALLS ) (SX26), |
| Looking for Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, and recording in an under-recorded tetrad (SX26I) near HIGHER TRELASKE |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: Car par at SX 227 689 |
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| Saturday 6th September 2008 - 10am |
HELIGAN Gardens (SW94/SX04) |
| A fern orientated meeting hoping to see native and exotic ferns in the famous sheltered garden, co-led with Carolyn Webb, who works at the garden |
| Leader: |
Where: car park SW996468 |
| Note a £7.50 entrance fee applies |
| Wednesday 10th September 2008 - 10am |
north of KILKHAMPTON (SS21) |
| under-recorded tetrad (SS21L) |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: car-park KILKHAMPTON, SS252112 |
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| Wednesday 17th September 2008 - 10am |
TREBARWITH STRAND and TRELIGGA CLIFF (SX08) |
| Coastal cliffs flora and inland lanes |
| Leader: Ian Bennallick |
Where: Paying car-park TREBARWITH STRAND, SX052864 |
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| Saturday 11th October 2008 - TBC |
Indoor and Field (East Cornwall) |
| Polypodium identification workshop, combining an indoor microscope session and field visit to see Polypodium hybrids |
| Leader: Matt Stribley |
Where: SALTASH (SX45) |
| Please book, for details Tel 01872 279748 |
