Edinburgh Natural History Society

Excursions

The excursions are probably the most popular activity organised by the Society. They range from evening meetings in or close to Edinburgh, to half or whole day walks at the weekend, and weekends or longer periods away. Although many excursions are devoted mainly to one particular branch of natural history, members with general interests are always welcome. The excursions are particularly valuable for beginners, as an opportunity to get "hands on" experience of finding and identifying wildlife in the field, and in particular to benefit from the help offered by any experts who may be attending the walk.

New: Downloadable list of forthcoming
excursions (pdf)

Herring gull (Larus argentatus). Photograph: R. Holme.

Forthcoming Excursions _______________________________________________ Table Codes

2009	Place	Code	Leader	Meeting Point	Grid Ref.	Meeting time
October
3 Sat	Binning Wood	Fu	Neville Kilkenny	Roadside CP	NT593802	1030hrs
10 Sat	Barns Ness/Torness	O & G	Tom Delaney	Barns Ness C.P.	NT718771	1030hrs
November
14 Sat	Glen Tress, Peebles	B	Jean Murray	1st upper car park	NT 284398	1030hrs
December
29 Tue	Musselburgh and optional Xmas lunch, Woodside Hotel		Janet Watson	CP on Mall Ave.	NT341725	1100hrs

2010
January
16 Sat	The proposed outing to Deepsyke Forest on 16/01/10 has been changed to a coastal walk starting from Abercorn Church car park, NT 081790 at 10.30 am. Apart from the initial descent to the Midhope Burn the walk is on fairly level ground and should take around 2-3 hours. If road conditions are particularly hazardous please do not attempt to attend as the narrow road to Abercorn has some sharp bends and steep slopes.	G	David Adamson	Abercorn Church car park	NT081790	1030hrs
February
20 Sat	North Queensferry to Inverkeithing	G	Alison Ramsey	Battery CP	NT132802	1030hrs
March
20 Sat	Gartmorn Dam Country Park	O & G	Joanie McNaughton	Visitors' Centre CP	NS910941	1030hrs
April
17 Sat	Woodhall Dean Reserve		Neville Crowther	CP at The Brunt	NT685734	1030hrs

Excursion committee:

Lyn Blades - chair
Neville Crowther
Roger Holme
Grace Jamieson
Molly Woolgar

Honorary Secretary

Joan McNaughton

Notes

1. Safety on Excursions - Anyone attending any society excursion does so at his/her own riskPersons attending Society excursions
do so at their own risk.

2. Adequate clothing and sound footwear should be worn and waterproof clothing carried.Please bring a packed lunch.

3. A packed lunch should be taken on fullday excursions.

4. Any member able to assist with transport to excursions, or who requires assistance with transport should contact a member of the
excursion committee.

5.Non-members ,with the agreement of the leader, may participate in outings.

6. The leader reserves the right to change or cancel outings as circumstances dictate.

If you have any questions for the excursion committee email:
enquiries@edinburghnaturalhistorysociety.org.uk

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		Codes
B	Botany		E	Easy Walking
Bt	Bats		H	Hill Walking
Ent	Entomology		D	Difficult Walking
FL	Freshwater Life		W	Wet underfoot, slippy
Fu	Fungi
G	General		1	1-5 miles
Ge	Geology		2	6-10 miles
Li	Lichens
O	Ornithology

Scottish Charity No SC 004669. Reach us at:
enquiries@edinburghnaturalhistorysociety.org.uk
This page was last updated on 29/1/10.