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March 2019
Torridge Bridges and SS Freshspring (IA Section & Bideford Branch)
A talk by Professor Bill Harvey, who is a world expert on masonry arch and tunnel behaviour and the author of a widely-used software package for the analytical assessment of arch bridges and viaducts.…
Find out more »April 2019
Blackborough Whetstone Mines (IA Section)
Meet at Blackborough Village Hall (GR ST096088) at 10.00am (on left at top of hill) for a talk about the industry (speaker to be announced). This will be followed by a geology walk, led…
Find out more »Fforest Fawr Geopark (Geology Section)
An excursion to Fforest Fawr Geopark (north of Newport). To be led by Dr Tony Ramsay from Cardiff University. The two-day field excursion will focus on the geology and links between geology, geo-exploitation and…
Find out more »Arlington Court (Botany Section)
A joint meeting with the Devon Bryophyte Group to look at mosses and liverworts. NON-MEMBERS WELCOME. Bring packed lunch and appropriate footwear. Please contact the leader if you wish to attend – meeting details…
Find out more »May 2019
Visit to Heathcoat Fabrics (IA Section)
A visit to Heathcoat Fabrics Limited, Tiverton, Devon EX16 5LL The number is limited so booking will be required.
Find out more »Leats and Landscape (Geology and IA Sections)
Exploring the leats and the landscape around Shilhay and Exe Island, Exeter. With Martin Watts and Jenny Bennett. We aim to meet at the Mill on the Exe for a short talk about the…
Find out more »Visit to Halsdon Wood (Entomology Section)
Halsdon Wood is a Devon Wildlife Trust Site. Meet at Ashwell carpark at the north end of the reserve SS554130. Bring packed lunch. This is a joint meeting with the Devon Fly group and…
Find out more »The Elephant’s Graveyard (Botany Section)
A field trip to "The Elephant's Graveyard", Axmouth – Lyme Regis Undercliffs NNR. With David Allen and Donald Campbell in search of Purple Gromwell (Lithospermum purpureocaeruleum) and a count of Nottingham Catchfly (Silene nutans)…
Find out more »Dawlish Warren Day (Exeter & S Devon Branches)
A joint Exeter Branch and South Devon Branch arrangement Dawlish Warren Day will be a celebration of the magnificent, multi-designated and intensively studied sand spit at the mouth of the Exe Estuary. The morning…
Find out more »Visit to Green Haven (Entomology Section)
A visit to Green Haven, Ilsington. This is a small private nature reserve belonging to our member Helen Heathman who has kindly opened it up to us. Park on the side of the road…
Find out more »Holne Chase (Botany Section)
Details to be confirmed. NON-MEMBERS WELCOME. Bring packed lunch and appropriate footwear. Please contact the leader if you wish to attend – meeting details can sometimes change at short notice and if the weather…
Find out more »June 2019
Wheatland Farm (Botany & Entomology Sections)
As well as providing holiday accommodation, the 21-acre Wheatland Farm at Winkleigh is managed for wildlife, and includes the 7-acre Popehouse Moor SSSI. The Botany Section last visited in 2009, so it will be…
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