Sunday 3 May UFTON FIELDS NATURE RESERVE
Car park is in Ufton Fields Lane, CV33 9PU, SP378615, w3w, ages.dumps.able. ( * )
Limestone grassland and woodland. We may move to Harbury Spoilbank after lunch.

Sunday 6 September BRANDON WOOD
Please park in the semicircle by Binley Woods School on A428 and walk to wood entrance in Ferndale Road to avoid aggro from locals.
Car park, CV3 2QU, SP403772, w3w, diamond.umpires.chatters. ( * )   Ancient woodland and conifers.

Sunday 13 September MIDDLETON HALL
Park next to courtyard (free. but donations welcome). Access is off of the A4091 ONLY.
B78 2AE, SP193982, w3w, adjusted.penny.straying. ( * )   (Do not go to RSPB Middleton Lakes!)
Toilets and cafe. The Hall is worth a visit as botanist John Ray lived there in the 17th century.

Sunday 20 September BRANDON MARSH, BENTO DNA session.

Sunday 27 September BRUETON PARK
We will meet in the car park on the Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3HW, SP161790, w3w, castle.bells.hopes. ( * )
The Parkridge Centre (toilets, cafe) is currently closed but may well have re-opened by September.
The car park has been free in the past but be prepared to pay. Acid grassland,wet woodland.

Sunday 4 October RYTON POOLS COUNTRY PARK
Ryton Country Park is on the A445 Leicester Lane, near Bubbenhall, CV8 3BH, SP370724, w3w, torso.commended.crew. ( * )
Be prepared to pay a parking charge. A mixed site. Toilets and a cafe.

Sunday 18 October MILLISONS WOOD
The wood is east of Meriden on the south side of Birmingham Road, B4104. Parking is down Albert Road, CV5 9AS, SP264816, w3w, jokes.many.incomes ( * )   Quality Woodland

Sunday 25 October GORCOTT HILL, Heart of England Forest.
Park in Gorcott Hill, off of Ullenhall Lane and accessible from the A435. B98 9EN, SP08976829, w3w, skirt.banana.cyclones ( * )
Sam or Tasha should be there to open the gate.

Sunday 1 November MARSTON GREEN BURIAL SITE and MILLENIUM WOOD, Solihull.
Park near burial site in Bickenhill Road,close to the NEC and the Airport, B37 7ER, SP18268487, w3w, vocab.booth.probe. ( * )
Natalie Walker has seen waxcaps at the burial site and plenty in the wood.

Sunday 8 November CLAYHILL LANE MEADOWS, Long Lawford
Meet by St. John's Church, Long Lawford Church, CV23 9BD, SP47247639, w3w, palace.formal.trapdoor. ( * )

Sunday 15 November BRANDON MARSH, BENTO DNA session

Sunday 22 November ARLEY WOOD
Park in the road opposite the Arley Sports Centre not in the car park as it is reserved for patrons.
Arley Sports Centre is in Oak Avenue, Old Arley, CV7 8FN, SP28190, w3w, file.tensions.static. ( * )

Sunday 29 November WARWICK UNIVERSITY Details to follow.

Sunday 6 December HAMPTON WOOD NR
The car park is on the left-hand side of Fulbrook Lane, between Sherbourne and Hampton Lucy. SP254600, w3w, brew.brink.exist. ( * )

January 2027 AGM
Time and venue to be arranged.

( * ) what3words (w3w) is a location system which divides the world into 3 metre by 3 metre squares and gives each square a unique combination of three words. A mobile app or relevant website is required.

 

All meetings will start at 10.30 a.m. and all are in Warwickshire, VC38.
We usually finish by 1.30 pm so bring some lunch if you require it.
The sites marked NR are nature reserves managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and more information about them can be found on their website.