Tag: VC13
The Watsonian vice-county of West Sussex
Pyramids and Stars
The human influence on the distribution of many plants was apparent in a couple of communications I have received over the summer. Wendy Tagg sent some pictures intriguingly titled “The […]
Medmerry RSPB Reserve
Meeting date: 10 August 2019 [Cancelled] (Leader: Nick Sturt) Gradually the Met. Office forecast warned of higher winds and rain until, with gusts predicted to be in excess of 50mph, […]
The Trundle
Meeting date: 24 July 2019 (Leader: Elisabeth Sturt) This perfect summer day unfolded against the background of the coastal plain with Chichester cathedral spire and views across the Solent to […]
Drovers Estate, Singleton
Meeting date: 13 July 2019 (Leader: Nick Sturt) The second meeting of the year arranged by Dawn but a family event meant that it was down to the author to […]
Heyshott Common
Meeting date: 23 June 2019 (Leader: Nick Sturt) On a hot and humid morning the usual suspects from West Sussex gathered south of Midhurst. They were joined by a friend […]
Leith Copse, Harting
Meeting date: 2 June 2019 (Leader: Dawn Nelson) Dawn had arranged to survey this piece of woodland on the chalk scarp near Harting and eleven members and Alison’s guest Judy […]
Widewater Lagoon
Meeting date: 27 April 2019 (Leader: Sue Denness) Any cobwebs adhering to non-bryologists over the winter were swiftly blasted out to sea by an exhilarating gale. The first vascular plant […]
Henfield bryophyte meeting
Meeting date: 10 March 2019 (Leader: Brad Scott) The first meeting of the year was an opportunity to combine botany and history as we explored the area that would have […]
The New Year Plant Hunt in Sussex
As 2018 inexorably turned into 2019 botanists from all over the country were out in force. It was the eighth BSBI New Year Plant Hunt and members of the society […]
Durleighmarsh Farm
Meeting date: 12 August 2018 (Leader: Dawn Nelson) The forecast promised copious rain but to be fair it did not actually start at Durleighmarsh Farm until the moment the party […]