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
UWFS Botany Group visit to Bishop Middleham Quarry 14 July 2026
Seven members of the UWFS botany group headed to Bishop Middleham Quarry on a warm, sunny mid-July day. After weeks of little or no rain, the site
UWFS Botany Group visit to Burton Leonard Quarry 30 June 2026
6 members of the Botany Group recently visited 2 interesting sites near Ripon. Burton Leonard Quarry and Quarry Moor nature reserves are both (as their names suggest) former quarries
UWFS Botany Trip to Yockenthwaite Meadows 28 July 2026
Six keen botanists met at the bridge at Yockenthwaite on an overcast and muggy morning to explore the meadow edges of the River Wharfe. While the main meadows had
UWFS Botany Group visit to Bishop Middleham Quarry 14 July 2026
Seven members of the UWFS botany group headed to Bishop Middleham Quarry on a warm, sunny mid-July day. After weeks of little or no rain, the site
UWFS Botany Group visit to Burton Leonard Quarry 30 June 2026
6 members of the Botany Group recently visited 2 interesting sites near Ripon. Burton Leonard Quarry and Quarry Moor nature reserves are both (as their names suggest) former quarries
Group Visits
All meetings are on a Tuesday and meet at Colvend Car Park at 10.00am unless another place or time is given.
Bring lunch, waterproof clothing and suitable fotwear. Members come at their own risk.
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