BOTANY
The Botany Group holds its meetings every other Tuesday from end of April to mid August usually for the whole day. The meetings vary from those sites very close to Grassington eg Kilnsey park, the banks of the Wharfe, to further afield eg the west coast for dune systems, reserves in Cumbria and our National Natures Reserves as around Ingleborough. In this way we can become familiar with plants that are not on our doorstep and sites away from limestone grassland.
Our aim is to be able to identify the most common plants, and gradually learn the less common ones as those from the board walk at Malham or the Orchids at Kilnsey Park. We also take an interest in the different Grasses, Sedges and Rushes. Often birds and butterflies and other wildlife catch our attention.
At any meeting we record all the plants we see – if we can! – providing a useful record for further visits to the same site.
We are a friendly group and welcome complete beginners and those with more experience.
VISIT REPORTS
Botany Group update
The meeting on the 6th August -In the extended National Park -is cancelled. There also won't be a report for Malham Water Sinks as that also had to be cancelled
Botany Group Ribblehead Quarry 16th July 2019
The Quarry is part of the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve and managed by Natural England. Limestone was first quarried for the Settle Carlisle Railway, more recently for industrial works in
Botany Group Swinsty Reservoir 13th August 2019
A smaller number of members than usual met to look at the plants on the drawdown area or the shore, of the reservoir. We used the car park overlooking the
Botany Group update
The meeting on the 6th August -In the extended National Park -is cancelled. There also won't be a report for Malham Water Sinks as that also had to be cancelled
Botany Group Ribblehead Quarry 16th July 2019
The Quarry is part of the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve and managed by Natural England. Limestone was first quarried for the Settle Carlisle Railway, more recently for industrial works in
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