Summer Field Excursions 2016
Programme of Summer Field Excursions 2016
April
Tue 19th evening
19.30-22.00 Sunset, Elusive Minotaurs and Bats with Alan Ferguson and Gail Armstrong – meet Jack Scout 19:30 Please bring a torch.
BH
Wed 27th
Alan Pentecost on lichens visiting local sites. WI 10.00 -14.00
DT
May
Sat 7th pm only
Gordon Fletcher/Marine CT on Heysham foreshore. Meet WI 13.30 or Heysham public CP(Main St/Barrows La) at 14.00. Walking shoes/wellies. Shallow trays & eyeglass useful for finds inspections.
BH
Thu 12th
Hutton Roof and Dalton Crags with Bryan Yorke. WI 10.00. Meeting point at Plain Quarry CP Dalton Lane, Hutton Roof. 102.5 (SD552762) finish 14.30
EG
19th -25th
Dorset Residential Field Trip May
CW
Fri 27th
Summer migrants in Borrowdale with Peter Moreton. 5 mile walk with some easy climbing. 09.00 from WI. Or 10.30 meeting in centre of Grange,Borrowdale. PM
June
Wed 1st
Witherslack Woods and Howe Ridding. WI at 09.30 or at CP 1m north of Witherslack village, adjacent to entrance to Witherslack Hall School 10.00
CW
Tue 7th
Hodbarrow – David Talbot WI 09.30 or Hodbarrow bird hide,10.45 at SD174780
DT
Wed 15th
Large Heath follow up walk to winter talk with Reuben Neville at Heysham then Winmarleigh. Leave WI at 10.00 or Heysham at 10.30
CW
Wed 22nd eve
Evening tour of Arnside swift nests with Peter Moreton. Meet Arnside Educational Institute car park at 20.30 to finish 22.30.
PM
Mon 27th
Jan Wiltshire and Scout Scar 3-4m walk. WI 10.30 or 11.00 St. Johns Church, Helsingham (SD488 889)
RM
July
Tues 5th
CWT Waitby Greenriggs with Alan Gendle then Smardale. WI 09.30 or Waitby Greenriggs (NY757086 see CWT website) at 10.20. Parking very limited.
EG/RM
Wed 13th eve
Evening at Magstone Wood, Silverdale, with owners, Roger and Natalia Walton – Arboretum, Mining and Walled Garden. Meet WI 19.15 or Hazelwood Lodge, Hollins Lane 19.30 (SD469745)
BH
Wed 20th
Bogs in Cumbria with Tania Crockett. Trip to Bolton Fell Moss nr Carlisle (AM) followed by optional trip to CWT Gosling Sike with Longhorn Cattle (PM) (boots/wellies needed). Meet WI 09.00
BH
Thu 28th am only
Brian Hugo on Hoverflies. Meet WI 10.00 or Myers allotment (The Row SD475750) at 10.15.
DT
August
Tue 2nd eve
Hedgehogs evening with Frances “Tiggywinkle” Clements – 19.45 at 19 Hazel Wood, Silverdale.
BH
Wed 10th
Leighton/ Silverdale Moss Reed bed walk with RSPB. Meet WI 10.00 or Leighton Moss RSPB car park 10.15.
DT
Thur 18th
Staff from South Lakes River Trust on the River Leven looking at eels. Meet WI 10.00 or NT Fell Foot CP at 10.40.
BH
Mon 22nd
Red squirrels, flora and fauna around Formby. WI 09.30 or NT kiosk, Victoria Road, Formby at 11.00. Rachel Miller LWT squirrel officer in morning then Phil Smith on flora and fauna in the afternoon
RM
September
Fri 2nd
Autumn Wader Passage with John Webb WI 10.00 or entrance to Jack Scout(SD460737) at 10.15
JW
Fri 16th eve
Moth Evening in Grubbins Wood with Martin Tordoff. Meet 19.45 in CP at end of New Barns Rd(SD444777). Parking 50p in honesty box. Bring good torch.
CW