Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/07/2025
11:00 - 16:00
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Sunday 6th July 11.00-16.00 Leaders Rupert Higgins and Olga Krylova.
Minchinhampton Common
A joint meeting with BSBI so this meeting requires booking by emailing Olga Krylova olgakvc34bsbi@gmail.com
Contact for Olga Krylova; mobile. 07800928916
Meet at the covered reservoir on the Common on Golf Course Road at SO855012, nearest post code: GL6 9AQ. Bring food and drinks. Beginners welcome.
Minchinhampton Common has extensive areas of unimproved limestone pasture, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) supporting a rich variety of plants typical of the Cotswolds Oolite, and some remnant areas of Juniperus communis (Juniper) scrub. Species we will look for include Campanula glomerata (Clustered Bellflower), Asperula cynanchia (Squinancywort) and Polygala calcarea (Chalk Milkwort). We shall also visit a series of small springs on the edge of the Common by Black Ditch, where the flora includes Blysmus compressus (Flat-sedge) and Catabrosa aquatica (Whorl-grass),which are unusual in the local area.