Tayside Lichen Group: Shanwell, Tayport, Fife

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A meeting of the Tayside Lichen Group

Location: Shanwell, Tayport, Fife, where the target is concrete coastal defences and surrounding area.

Date: Wednesday March 8th 2023

Time: the meeting begins at 10.30, unless arranged otherwise, and the duration depends on the weather and time of year

Please contact Margaret Chapman for more details on email: mgtlichenchapman@gmail.com  Mob:07920443776

This is a beginners/improvers group and they welcome new people of all abilities.

More details of the Tayside Lichen Group can be found here https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/tayside

Coul Links

Developers submitted a proposal for a golf course which was refused by Scottish Ministers in February 2020. A second planning application was submitted in 2023, this time for two golf courses.  More details can be seen at Not Coul, a campaign group opposing proposed golf development within protected land at Coul Links https://notcoul.org.

The developers site can be viewed at https://www.communities4coul.scot.

Cennau Cymru field meeting: Cwmystwyth metal mine

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Cennau Cymru field meeting
 
Location: Cwmystwyth metal mine
 
Time: 10.30am by the main central mine area (there are plenty of parking opportunities just beside the road along here) at SN803745. Planning to finish at 4pm.
 
Date: Thursday 9th February - unless the weather forecast is bad. Please keep Friday 10th February as an alternative day if rained off on Thursday. As previously, Tracey Lovering will confirm with those interested a few days before the date. 
 
Please let Tracey know on 07710 235706 if you’re going to be joining the meeting . As before, please provide your phone number if you want her to Whatsapp you re. which day the meeting will be held. 
 

Atlantic Woodlands in Britain & Ireland

Information Note: Atlantic Woodlands in Britain & Ireland. 

Temperate Rainforests and Southern Oceanic Woodlands.  

Introduction

The western seaboard of Britain and Ireland supports a network of internationally important woodlands, recognised as Atlantic woodlands. These are typically old-growth woodlands, in clean-air situations, that are strongly influenced by oceanic (wet & mild, with equable annual temperatures) to pluvial hyper-oceanic (very wet & mild, with equable annual temperatures) climates.

UK Fungus Day: South-East Scotland (LISS group), St Baldred's Cradle, Tyninghame

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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

Date: Tuesday October 3rd

Time: starting at 11 am with the day finishing at approximately 4pm

Location: the coast at St Baldred's Cradle, Tyninghame

Low tide at nearby Dunbar is at 1135am, so we should be good to go from the start and well away before high tide at 1757pm.

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Flavoparmelia soredians, Lichina pygmaea, Punctelia jeckeri, Rhizocarpon richardii, Toninia aromatica, Verrucaria mucosa, and Xanthoria aureola. 

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Langhaugh/Dollar in Manor Valley

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Local Meetings
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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

Date: Tuesday September 5th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Langhaugh/Dollar in Manor Valley

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Glenrath Hope, Worms Cleuch CANCELLED

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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

CANCELLED: POSTPONED UNTIL 5 SEPTEMBER

Date: Tuesday August 8th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Glenrath Hope and Worms Cleuch

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Buellia grisovirens, Cladonia digitata, C. rangiferina, Pertusaria albescens, Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa, and Xanthoria polycarpa.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Posso Farm

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Local Meetings
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Meeting of the LISS (lichens in South East Scotland) group

Date: Tuesday July 4th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Posso Farm and Posso Craig

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Caloplaca decipiens, Sarcogyne regularis, Cetraria aculeata, Cladonia bellidiflora, Lecanora orosthea, Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Schaereria cinereorufa & fuscocinerea, and Trapelia glebulosa.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

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