Summer Field Excursions 2021
Programme of Summer Field Excursions 2021
May
Wed 19th
The Insects of Wood and Meadow.
Dalton Crags with Steve Garland.
WI at 9.30am or Plain Quarry CP at 10.00am (SD 55244 76171)
Meet at Plain Quarry CP and walk up to Lancelot Clark Storth. Moth trap, weather permitting. Take packed lunch. Net/specimen jar also helpful!
SG
Mon 24th
Spring Walk at Hay Bridge with Mike Johnson.
WI at 9.15am or Hay Bridge CP at 10.00am (SD336876)
Bring packed lunch.
Members free but non-members of Hay Bridge will be expected to make a donation. (This may be done by the society from the donations collected on the day)
MJ
June
Wed 2nd
Trowbarrow Quarry with Dougie Watson, AONB,
WI at 9.45am or 10.00am at Storrs Lane, NE of Causeway, opp. Side of road by kissing gate into golf course. (SD48023 75368)
Parking either at Leighton Moss and walk if you are a member or on the road side near the start.
Half day trip.
Carry a flask and food if you feel hungry before 1.00pm when we expect to be finished
PS
Mon 14th
Botany walk on Warton Crag with Roger Spooner.
WI at 10.00am or 10.15am at Warton Crag Main Quarry CP (SD491723)
Roger hopes to get to the top of the Crag then wander down so lunch would be advisable (but trip could easily be cut short if weather or people want). Might even find Clausilia dubia (an uncommon type of snail) at the top!
RS
24-29th
Residential trip to North Wales with Chris Winnick
CW
Mon 28th
The Orchids and wildlife of Hutton Roof with Bryan Yorke
WI at 9.30am or 10.00am in lay-bys on Clawthorpe Road (SD543 782)
This trip has a limit of 20 persons. Booking through Arnside & District Natural History Society arnsidenaturalhistorysociety@gmail.com is required
Some rough areas on the 3 mile walk to see orchids together with their variants and hybrids. Also, birds and butterflies. Full day so bring packed lunch. Boots or similar essential.
Message from Bryan below :-
We will start by doing the climb up to Burton Fell (20-30mins). I must warn you that some of the areas on Burton Fell are loose limestone boulders and can be very dangerous to anyone who may not be too steady. I want to try and stress this so that you get some idea. Hopefully on the way up I can show you a "White variety" of Self Heal. Once on the Orchid grounds I am hoping I can show you lots of nice variety within the atrorubens and possibly a hybrid. I also want to point out that there are orchids everywhere and we must try and be careful to just where we stand, but I am sure we will be OK. So we will spend a hour or two on the orchids, then carry on across and into Lancelot, checking out more orchids and hopefully the Montanum (Pale St. Johns) and checking lots of other stuff before making our way across to the lower part of Lancelot to check out the Birds Foot Sedge (carex ornithopodia). Then we will make our way back across into Burton and back to the cars.
CW
July
Fri 2nd
Moth morning with Brian Hancock.
WI at 9.00am or 9.15am at No. 21, Laurel Bank, Yealand Conyers (SD503743)
Finishing about 11.00am
BH
Mon 5th
Birds, butterflies, flowers, dragonflies at Hodbarrow with Ian Brodie.
WI at 9.15am, 10.30am at RSPB car park. (SD176790)
Walk around 3-4 miles mostly on tracks and quite level. Can go whatever the weather as plenty of flora. Maybe time for coffee in Millom before start?
Lunch will be taken in bird hide.
Directions to RSPB car park: on entering Millom turn left over the railway bridge, immediately after the station, into St George’s Road. Go down this road, pass the shops and public toilets, and then right into Mainsgate Road. At end of this straight road turn left on track to CP.
IB
Mon 12th
Butterflies of Brigsteer Park Wood & Flash Bank with Rob Pocklington and Chris Winnick.
WI at 10.00am or 10.30am at Wood car park where very limited parking. (SD488876)
Please book your place on this trip directly with Chris Winnick
Contact Chris chriswinnick@tiscali.co.uk or 01539 728254
Joint with BC
Directions: Off A590, signed Levens. At Hare and Hounds pub bear left and go straight through the village to Brigsteer road and park at the Wood entrance.
CW
Thurs 15th
Roudsea NNR with Rob Petley-Jones.
WI at 9.20am or 10.00am at car park on outside of reserve (SD329827)
PS
Possibility of joining BC for additional butterfly focussed trips during July
CW
Tues 27th
The Butterflies, Wildlife & Management of Myers Allotment with Dave Wrigley.
WI at 9.45am or 10.00am at Myers reserve.
Morning only.
Meet the second (top) gate on The Row (SD475752).
Limited parking on site, so suggest park at RSPB Leighton Moss and walk across. (RSPB members only).
DW
August
Thurs 5th Aug
Dragonflies with David Talbot.
WI at 9.15am or 10.00am at Middleton boating lake car park (SD41895906)
PS
Mon 9th
Red Squirrel project, far Arnside. A walk with Bob Hamnett to see work being undertaken.
WI at 9.45am or 10.00am at NT car park, Arnside Knott (SD451775)
JR
Mon 23rd
Bats at Leighton Moss with Gail Armstrong.
Leighton Moss RSPB Car Park at 8.00pm
MJ
September
Fri 3rd
The birds and wildlife of Fell End reserve with Paul Trowell.
WI 9.45am or Fell End car park at 10.00am (SD4987770)
Morning only.
PT