The Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group (CLBG) field trip to Burnbanks, Haweswater on Thursday 18th May, meeting at 9:30am - all welcome. Please email info@cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk if you would like to come.
More info on the CLBG website meets page.
The Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group (CLBG) trip to Shap Outdoor Festival, on Monday 8th May, meeting at 9:30am - all welcome. Please email info@cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk if you would like to come.
More info on the CLBG website meets page.
The Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group (CLBG) field trip to Borrowdale, Seathwaite/Seatoller, meeting at 9:30am - all welcome. Please email info@cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk if you would like to come.
More info on the CLBG website meets page.
Petersfield Area Lichen Enthusiasts (PALE) meeting
Date: Wednesday 5 April
Time: 10 am to some time in the afternoon, bring lunch
Meet: Waggoners Wells car park, GU26 6DT
The car park is a little tricky to find the first time as it is across a shallow ford. Head for Grayshott by turning off the A3 before the Hindhead tunnel, continue through Grayshott and along the Headley Road, past the church and as the road curves right there is a complicated turn to the left. Take Waggoners Wells Lane and it will lead you down. It is about 30 minutes drive from Petersfield.
Contact for possibility of car share, details can be found on the PALE page on the BLS website
https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/petersfield
Judith Allinson, the leader of this event writes:- This is part of a five day residential course/ holiday at Parcevall Hall, near Appletrewick and near Simon's Seat in the Yorkshire Dales run by Christian's Aware. Extra people are welcome at individual sessions on the course - It is up to you to contact the organiser and agree on a donation for the talk/ walk / meal you attend. I am the leader for the Monday afternoon. Although the "Lichens" talk is scheduled for 4.30pm, I am leading a walk at 1.30pm to look at Greenhow Burial ground which has good "Hay meadow plants" (provided it has not been mown), then back at Parcevall Hall we will look at some lichens in the grounds before the talk. This is an introductory session It is assumed that the majority of the attendees will have no previous knowledge of lichens.
Petersfield Area Lichen Enthusiasts (PALE)
Location: Shortheath, near Bordon, GU35 9JN
Date: Wednesday 22 March
Time: 12.30
For more details and contact emails see the local groups page
https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/petersfield
Did Temperate Rainforest once extend to the slopes of Ingleborough? Climate conditions indicate that it could have done. In fragments of ancient woodland on the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve, due to the damp mild conditions, fascinating epiphytes can be observed – those are mosses, lichens and liverworts which are often overlooked. Though smaller and more subtle than their Celtic cousins, these species are still interesting and beautiful, and walk leader Judith Allinson will bring hand lenses so that we can observe them more closely.
Learn about the Wood Pasture that would have characterised this region 5000 years ago, and what Wild Ingleborough is doing to restore biodiversity to the landscape.
This event is organised by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - there will be a small charge of about £8 - More details and to book click here. The event time (6:15-8:45pm) is arranged so that people who wish can come by train to Ribblehead Station can do so.
Sorby Natural History Society (Sheffield)
Lichen Meeting to Winnats Pass, Castleton, Hope Valley, Derbyshire
contact: Steve Price, email: lichenrecords@sorby.org.uk
On this meeting we will spend time looking at the lichens of the outcrops and boulders in the upper parts of this spectacular gorge in the reef limestones.
Meet at 10.30am at grid ref. SK127829 in the lay-by parking areas on the road between the top of Winnats Pass and the road to Blue John Mine. On the OS maps this is the road shown as being to the east of ‘Windy Knoll’. Note: please do park only in the marked areas and DO NOT PARK on the verge behind the double yellow lines – parking fine tickets seem to be regularly issued for this.
BLS Members, of any level of experience, are most welcome. Bring a hand lens, note book and field guides. The plan is for a full-day meeting so do bring along a drink and lunch.
NOTE: Change of meeting place
Sorby Natural History Society (Sheffield) - Lichen Meeting to Bonsal Mines
contact: Steve Price, email: lichenrecords@sorby.org.uk
The meeting place for the 5 Sept Sorby Lichen Meeting to Bonsall Mines has changed.
Please meet at grid ref SK254583 on Blakemere Lane immediately to the west of Bonsall Moor Lane. Blakemere Lane is an unmade road with wide pull off areas near to the junction. Meet at 11.00am.
This is 2.5 km north west of the hamlet of Slaley. Bonsall Moor Lane and Blakemere Lane are both named as such on the 1:25k OS map.
Steve Price will be at the original meeting point in the Via Gellia at 10.30 in case anyone arrives there and I will then drive up to Blakemere Lane for 11.00.
The reason for the change is that on today's recce visit the very steep path through the woodland was wet and very slippery. Steve is unwilling to lead a group on that path. There is a high risk that someone will hurt themselves.
It is further to walk from the new meeting point however the walk is all on the level.
With only a handful of records the lead rakes and spoil heaps of this disused lead mine area have been very much under studied.
Parking near the site is extremely limited so it means us parking in the Via Gellia and walking up through the daleside woodlands. This will require extreme discipline otherwise we will never make it through the woods to reach to the mine site!
Meet at 10.30am at grid ref. SK269566 in the layby on the A5012, the Via Gellia. This is about 3.5km from Cromford. Travelling from that direction the layby is on the left hand-side shortly after the ‘Tufa House’ which is on the right. Coming from the Grangemill direction it is on the right hand-side about 1km after the right turn to Middleton.
As always beginners are most welcome as are Members wishing to study areas of interest other than lichens. Bring a hand lens, note book and field guides. The plan is for a full-day meeting so do bring along a drink and lunch.
Sorby Natural History Society (Sheffield)
Lichen Meeting to Pilsbury Castle Hills, Upper Dove Valley
Tuesday 25 July 2023 (note the change of date from 4 July as originally notified)
Leader: Steve Price, email: lichenrecords@sorby.org.uk
The limestone outcrops on the valley side above Pilsbury Castle promise to give us a rich set of lichens in this under-recorded area.
Meet at 10.30am at grid ref. SK125644 on the minor road to Pilsbury Lodge. It is a narrow road used by farm traffic so please park well onto the road verge. Note, at the time of writing the unmade road up the valley-side from Pilsbury village is closed to traffic. The site is about 6 miles south-east from the outskirts of Buxton.
As always beginners are most welcome as are Members wishing to study areas of interest other than lichens. Bring a hand lens, note book and field guides. The plan is for a full-day meeting so do bring along a drink and lunch.
