Sunday 9 Jul 2023; 9.30am, Bentley Wood, Nr Winterslow. Leader: Granville Pictor.
At this quiet time of the year, a walk in this 1700 acres SSSI where we hope to enjoy flowers, butterflies and birds. As well as a wide variety of woodland birds, there is a wide selection of flora present including several species of orchid. If the weather is fine, butterflies we should see include White Admiral, Silver Washed Fritillary, and hopefully Purple Emperor. The meeting is likely to last until early afternoon so some lunch should be brought.
Members will have received the mobile number of the leader and details of the meeting place in the Field Trips leaflet which went out with the Winter edition of WOS News. These details will also be given in the monthly email which is sent to those members who have signed up to receive emails at the beginning of the month in which the trip will be held.
The attention of members is drawn to the fact that WOS accepts no liability for damages or personal injury occurring during its activities. Please note that dogs should not be brought to meetings.
WOS seeks to encourage car sharing, so members may wish to liaise prior to meetings to try and reduce car usage.
Field trips and indoor meetings are rarely cancelled based on weather forecasts of inclement conditions as they can be wrong. However, in the event of cancellation, a notice will be posted on the website under Newsflash. Members may also check by telephoning the leader, see above.
