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.

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

Forthcoming Excursions _______________________________________________ Table Codes

2008	Place	Code	Leader	Meeting Point		Meeting time
April
12 Sat	Cullaloe SWT Reserve, Fife	G.E1	Neville Crowther	CP off B9157	NT186 872	10:30
May
3 Sat	L.Leven Heritage Trail	G.E1	Comm. Members	Kirkgate Park, Kinross	NT127 018	10.30
10 Sat	Tay Reed Beds	O.E.1W	Tom Delaney	Inchture Hotel on A90	NO280 287	10.30
14 Wed	Dalkeith Park	G.E1	Cameron Manson	CP at Entrance	NT334 677	19.30
17 Sat	R. Avon Heritage Trail	BG.E1	Jackie Muscott	On B8047, Westfield	NS950 724	10.30
21 Wed	Trinity Railway Walk	BG.E1	Heather McHaffie	Clark Road	NT248 763	19.00
24 Sat	River Esk	OB.E1	Mary Tebble	Station Rd, Musselburgh	NT338 721	10.30
28 Wed	Craiglockhart Hill	OG.E1	Molly Woolgar	Lockharton Cres	NT231 708	19.00
31 Sat	Loch Ardinning	BO.E1	Joanie Fairlie	CP at SWT Reserve	NS564 779	10.30

June
4 Wed	Holyrood Park	G.E.1	Natalie Taylor	Holyrood Palace CP	NT270 738	19.00
9-13 Mon-Fri	Upper Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales		For details contact Neville Crowther
18 Wed	Union Canal to Bypass	G.E1	Margaret Perry	Kingsknowe Road	NT210 702	19.00
21 Sat	Inchcailloch Island	OB.E1	Ian McCallum	Balmaha CP (10.30)
	(With Glasgow NHS)	Coach N. side of St. Andrews Square 08.30	Booking and £12 to Jane Squirrell by 21st May
25 Wed	West Linton	G.E1	Janet Watson	In village behind church	NT149 516	19.00
28 Sat	Borestone, East Caims	GB.H2	Michael Jones	Track to Fairliehope	NT155 561	10.30

July
2 Wed	Puffin Cruise	O	Grace Jamieson	Hawes Pier, S. Queensferry	NT137 784	18.00
			Booking and £12 to Jane Squirrell
5 Sat	Tullach Hill, Blair Atholl	B.H1	Jackie Muscott & Mary Clarkson	Village Hall CP	NN872653	11.00
6 Sun	Cockmuir - Toxside	Ent.E1 (With Butterfly Conservation)	Richard Buckland	Roadside Parking	NT264 551	10.30
12 Sat	Greenlaw Kaimes	BGe.H2W	Michael Braithwaite	Westruther Cemetery on B6456	NT638 500	11.00
19 Sat	Glenholm Widlife Project	G.E1	E&E Perry	CP at cafe	NT102 329	11.00
26 Sat	Dunkeld Cally Loch	G.E1	John Watson	CP off A923	NO024 437	11.00

August
2 Sat	Whitlaw Moss NNR	BEntW1	Jeff Waddell	Lindean Res. CP	NT505 293	10.30
9 Sat	Aqueduct - Almondell	G.E1	Andrew Gilchrist	Almondell CP	NT106 706	10.30
16 Sat	Fairy Castle Dean	GeB.HDW1	Mary Clarkson	Oldhamstocks opp. church	NT738 706	10.30
23 Sat	Roxburgh - Kelso	G.E1	Lyn Blades	West end of Village	NT698 305	10.30
30 Sat	Musselburgh Lagoons	O.E1	Bill Clunie	Balcarres Rd, Goose Green	NT347 737	10.30

September
6 Sat	Heriot Watt, Riccarton	Fu for beginners	Eunice Smith	Visitors CP	NT178 695	10.30
20 Sat	Cove, Berwickshire	SeGeB.W1	Neville Crowther	CP at Village	NT780 718	10.30
27 Sat	Bowhill Country Park	Fu	Mike Richardson	CP	NT282 429	11.00

October
11 Sat	Traprain - St. Baldred's Cradle (with Geological Soc.)	LiGe	Chris Ellis & Brian Upton	Details later, contact Lyn Blades

Excursion committee:

Lyn Blades
Roger Holme
Betty Mitchelhill
Neville Crowther
Grace Jamieson

Persons attending Society excursions do so at their own risk.

Please bring a packed lunch.

Anyone requiring transport to an outing, please contact any member of the Excursion Committee.

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

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	Codes
B	Botany
Bt	Bats
Ent	Entomology
FL	Freshwater Life
Fu	Fungi
G	General
Ge	Geology
L	Lichens
O	Ornithology

E	Easy Walking
H	Hill Walking
D	Difficult Walking
W	Wet underfoot, slippy

1	1-5 miles
2	6-10 miles

Scottish Charity No SC 004669. Reach us at:
enquiries@edinburghnaturalhistorysociety.org.uk
This page was last updated on 28/3/08.