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February 2021
AGM 2021 (Botany Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing The Section’s Annual General Meeting and Recorder’s Reports. Meeting open from 10:30, with the AGM starting formally at 11:00. Important notes If you would like to join…
Find out more »April 2021
An introduction to Mosses and Liverworts (Botany Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk: An introduction to the world of mosses and liverworts by Tim Purches, Secretary of the Botany Section. All are welcome, members or not. Important notes…
Find out more »February 2022
Annual Members’ Day (Botany Section)
The Section's Annual Members’ Day will take place in Whiddon Down Village Hall. Whiddon Down is just off the A30, 7 miles east of Okehampton. A day of talks and other activities celebrating Devon’s…
Find out more »May 2022
Hope’s Nose, Torquay (Botany Section)
A field trip to look at the special flora of the roadsides above Hope’s Nose, hoping to see Valerianella eriocarpa, Geranium purpureum, Salvia verbenaca etc. Meet on Ilsham Marine Drive at SX94456358. Note that…
Find out more »Woodland Flora at Weare Giffard (Botany Section)
A walk to look at a typical woodland flora with lots of Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum). Bastard Balm. Photo: Bernd Haynold Meet at 2 pm at SS47308.22153 / EX39 4QS where there is plenty…
Find out more »Dartington’s ancient woodland – part 2 (Botany Section)
This is a rather belated follow up to a very successful DA field meeting in 2017! Last time we explored North Wood and Chacegrove Wood, in the mediaeval deerpark of the north and northeast…
Find out more »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 »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 »July 2022
Dartington’s ancient woodland – part 2 rerun (Botany Section)
Richard Lewis hopes to repeat the May event for those unable to attend, or who’d like to revisit the location in high summer. Contact the Organiser if you’d like to come along.
Find out more »Thorne and Veilstone Moor (Botany Section)
A visit to Thorne and Veilstone Moor, a Culm grassland site with plentiful Carum verticillatum. Note that this event has been postponed for one week from the original date of 17 July due to…
Find out more »August 2022
Braunton Burrows (Botany Section)
Braunton Burrows have been famed for their exceptional flora for over three hundred years, and the site well-known amongst Devon botanists. This trip will focus on conservation works since 2014 undertaken by Plantlife in…
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