Cennau Cymru field meeting

Location: Aberangell, in the Dyfi Valley in Mid Wales

Meeting place: The site map and parking information are attached. Meet at 10.00 am at the layby on the west side of the A470 between Cwm Llinau and the junction for Aberangell at SH850091, just south of a cattery / dog kennel, where we can move to fewer cars. We'll then drive to park closer to the start of the path. Note the path may be muddy. BLS Generic Risk Assessment plus map and details of SSSI available to download below.

Time: 10.00am 

Date: 18th May 2025

Details: The woodland location is part of the new Coedwig Dyfi SSSI, with access provided by NRW.  Coedwig Dyfi SSSI is over 400ha and spans several valleys in the Dyfi forest, mostly in Powys/Montgomeryshire. Partly in Merionnydd. SSSI details and map attached.

Contact: Please contact Tracey Lovering (email: tracey.lichens@gmail.com ) with your name and phone number, if you'd like to join the meeting for the day. If you'd like to share cars from further afield please let Tracey know where you'll be travelling from, and she can put you in touch with others travelling from your area.

The meeting is weather dependent and the forecast on Thursday evening (15th May) will be checked. If the forecast is too wet or windy the meeting will be postponed and all those intending to come will be contacted by email that evening.

Cumbria Lichens and Bryophytes Group meeting

Date: Sunday 19th October 2025

Location: Borrowdale (Westmorland)

Time: 9.30 start

Leader: Kerry Milligan

Please contact the group to say that you are going to attend a meeting.

Details of all meetings, including contact details, can be found on the group's website at https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/meets/ 

Cumbria Lichens and Bryophytes Group meeting

Date: Wednesday 17th September 2025

Location: Glasson Moss

Time: 9.30 start

Leader: Chris Cant

Please contact the group to say that you are going to attend a meeting.

Details of all meetings, including contact details, can be found on the group's website at https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/meets/ 

Cumbria Lichens and Bryophytes Group meeting

Date: Saturday 16th August 2025

Location: Newlands

Time: 9.30 start

Leader: Clare Shaw

Please contact the group to say that you are going to attend a meeting.

Details of all meetings, including contact details, can be found on the group's website at https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/meets/ 

Cumbria Lichens and Bryophytes Group meeting

Date: Friday 18th July 2025

Location: Kirkstone

Time: 9.30 start

Leader: Caz Walker

Please contact the group to say that you are going to attend a meeting.

Details of all meetings, including contact details, can be found on the group's website at https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/meets/ 

Cumbria Lichens and Bryophytes Group meeting

Date: Sunday 15th June 2025

Location: Dufton (3 mile walk)

Time: 9.30 start

Leader: Caz Walker

Please contact the group to say that you are going to attend a meeting.

Details of all meetings, including contact details, can be found on the group's website at https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/meets/ 

Lichen Intermediate Stage 2 course

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO REGISTER INTEREST, due to demand on accommodation. 

Date: June 4th– ( 9.00am) - June 7th ( 2.00pm) 2026

Location: Glenmore Lodge , Aviemore PH22 1QZ

Tutor: Rebecca Yahr         

Local organiser: Sue Thomas

The aim of the course is to develop skills and knowledge, focusing on a range of habitats e.g. trees, siliceous rocks, pinewoods and montane heath. The course will include frameworks for how to approach a range of different large genera including Usnea, Cladonia and Stereocaulon, in addition to introductions to upland Parmeliaceae. Other topics will include understanding lichen habitats and reinforcing skills in microscopy. 

The course will focus on identification, field work and microscopy. 

The course is aimed at those who feel confident in the Skills and Knowledge Stage 1 ( check the BLS website, under the Learning Tab) and are keen to progress. It is expected that you will be familiar with basic lichen terminology and in using dissecting and compound microscopes.

To register interest please email: sueknight10@btinternet.com  by 14th April 2025 (Note course is in 2026)

Once a place is confirmed a deposit of £75 to contribute to course costs will be needed. Accommodation at Glenmore Lodge is £88 per night for a single room ( B&B) or £110(B&B) if sharing. Evening meals can be booked @£23 . Assuming 5 night accommodation this is £440 or £550 each. Ideally people will book directly with Glenmore, however they need bookings to be confirmed by 7th May 2025, hence the rapid turn around. ( Apologies for this but it is a popular area).
 

Cumbria Lichens and Bryophytes Group meeting

Date: Thursday 22nd May 2025

Location: Watendlath

Time: 9.30 start

Leader: Paul Ross

Please contact the group to say that you are going to attend a meeting.

Details of all meetings, including contact details, can be found on the group's website at https://cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/meets/ 

When seen under a hand-lens, many lichens have delightful tessellating patterns, subtle even startling colours and a sense of mystery.

This is an opportunity to become familiar with a few of the more common or distinctive lichens of the Yorkshire Dales.  If you are local person you will be able to go back to the churchyard and revisit some of the lichens you have met on this walk. 

This is an introduction to Lichens in Linton Churchyard for beginners and near beginners. It will be led by Judith Allinson of Settle. Judith runs Zoom "Lichen chat and Improvement" groups for the BLS, and recently gave a talk to Upper Wharfedale Field Society in Grassington.

This (almost) two hour workshop/walk is free, but it is necessary to book as places are limited -email zoom-improvement@britishlichensociety.org.uk  

People who already have some experience of lichens are welcome to stay on afterwards and make a more thorough survey of the church-yard with three other intermediate lichenologists.

See also https://rainforest-save.blogspot.com/2025/03/blastenia-caloplaca-crenularia-lichens.html