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June 2022
Bolberry Down (Botany Section)
Meet at National Trust Bolberry Down car park (SX6888.3854). We hope to see Cytisus scoparius ssp. maritimus Prostrate Broom in its newly discovered South Devon site. Asplenium obovatum Lanceolate Spleenwort, Trifolium incarnatum ssp. molinerii…
Find out more »Field trip to South Combe Farm (Botany Section)
South Combe Farm, Salcombe Regis, is a National Trust tenanted farm held by the Westgate family who have begun working with local environmental and nature organisations to improve and restore the habitats to increase…
Find out more »Upper Plym Valley Field Trip (IA Section)
Ernie Hoblyn will lead a walking tour of Dewerstone quarries, Tavistock and South Devon Railway link, Shaugh Bridge brickworks, and Neomi iron mine. We will follow the route of the tramway to the Dewerstone…
Find out more »Pebble Bed Heaths (Botany Section)
A visit to look at species typical of both dry heathland and wet mire, with an accent on carnivory. We shall hunt again for Heath Fragrant Orchid and Early Marsh Orchid in mire with…
Find out more »Broadside Ballads (Music Section)
Dr David Atkinson presents Broadside Ballads – Grisly Stories from the Past at the Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter. Dr Atkinson, Editor of Folk Music Journal and Honorary Research Fellow at the Elphinstone Institute,…
Find out more »Wheathill Plantation (Entomology Section)
Field trip to East Budleigh Common which forms part of the extensive East Devon Pebblebed Heaths. It is owned by Clinton Devon Estates and has recently been designated as a National Nature Reserve. Meet…
Find out more »Mutter’s Moor (Entomology Section)
Field trip to this area of Lowland Heath which is owned by Clinton Devon Estates and is situated on Tertiary gravels and Greensand. Unlike the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths it is relatively under recorded.…
Find out more »The Maer, Exmouth (Entomology Section)
Field trip to The Maer Local Nature Reserve, owned by East Devon District Council. The reserve is an area of grass on old sand dunes and is just across the road from the car…
Find out more »Tour of Coldridge Church (Buildings Section)
A presentation and guided tour of Coldridge Church, to be followed by tea and cake. Numbers limited. Booking essential. As of March 2022, this visit is already fully booked.
Find out more »July 2022
Henry Williamson (Lit & Art Section)
Angela Mandrioli and Dr Christine Faunch, the University’s Head of Heritage Collections, will talk to us about the author and show us around the Williamson archive. Numbers will be strictly limited, so please book…
Find out more »Bystock DWT Reserve and Squabmoor Reservoir (Entomology Section)
Field trip to look for Small Red and Red-eyed Damselflies, Downy Emerald, Keeled Skimmer and Golden-ringed Dragonfly. Meet at the Bystock entrance off road at SY034843 (alternatively at Squabmoor car park SY038844). Close-focus binoculars…
Find out more »Walking tour of Charterhouse Lead Mines (IA Section)
A walking tour of Charterhouse Lead Mines in the Mendip Hills, a site worked from Roman times until 1885. To be led by members of SIAS including Pete Daniel and Geoff Fitton. Meet at…
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