Iford to Farleigh Hungerford, 19 April 2026

Iford to Farleigh Hungerford, 19 April 2026

Above: Iford Manor © Phillip Delve Leader: Phillip Delve The Iford Manor car park is in an old orchard, next to the River Frome. Here, while six of us spent some time looking for Dippers, we were assailed by calls of Nuthatches from surrounding trees. As well as the...
Priston, 12 April 2026

Priston, 12 April 2026

Above: Scarce Fungus Weevil on King Alfred’s Cake at Priston © Mike Williams Leaders: Helena Crouch, Alvan White, Mike Williams and Richard Bottle Fourteen members and guests assembled outside the Ring o’ Bells pub on a fine Spring morning, with a Red Kite circling...

Talk: Plants and their habits, 7 April 2026

Speaker: Charles Stirton When the booked speaker who was to talk about Harvest Mice failed to arrive, Charles Stirton, founding director of The National Botanical Garden of Wales, kindly stepped in and told us about his work with plants and the teaching of Botany. He...
Frampton on Severn, 28 March,2026

Frampton on Severn, 28 March,2026

Above: Mandarin ducks © David Hall Leader: Tom Rogers Nine members joined the leader on a dry sunny morning in the car park at the end of Frampton on Severn’s village green which is about half a mile long. As the car park was almost full when I arrived time was spent...

Odd Down Tree Trail, 22 March 2026

Leader: Hugh Williamson After an overnight frost and temperature of 1°C, by the time 10 of us gathered to meet our leader, Hugh Williamson, of Bath Urban Treescape, we had a lovely sunny morning and 12°C. We met at Odd Down Sports Ground in Bath. Our two-hour tree...