Calendar of BSBI Meetings

Friday August 8th - Sunday 10th 2008: Welsh Annual Meeting, Gregynog Hall, Montgomeryshire. Open to members and guests.

Wednesday 10th Sept. 2008: Meetings Committee, London.

September 5-7 2008: Irish AGM and Field Meeting, Waterford Open to members and guests.

September 12-14 2008: Recorders’ Conference, Shrewsbury. Open to members.

Tuesday 23 September 2008: Training & Education Committee, Shrewsbury.

Wednesday 8th October 2008: Records Committee; Burlington House.

Wednesday October 15th 2008: Publications Committee, London.

Wednesday October 22nd 2008: Database Committee, Leicester.

Saturday 25th October 2008: Understanding Alien Flora conference, London. Open to the public.

Wednesday 29th October 2008: Executive Committee, London.

Saturday November 1st: Scottish Annual Meeting, Edinburgh. Open to members and the public.

Wednesday 12th November 2008: Council.

Exhibition Meeting: 22nd November 2008, Leeds. Open to members and the public.

Tiree 2009

Lynne Farrell is looking for expressions of interest into a field trip on Tiree in 2009. Read more...

Field Meetings

The BSBI has a programme of excursions each summer that are open to members (and guests, if you contact the leader and book a place). Please do not just turn up to a meeting: you have to book in advance. Please also make sure you are properly equipped - read our guidelines for safety in the field.

Procedure for booking.

Safety in the Field

Field Meetings 2008

The field meetings programme for 2008 is now available here (pdf 108kb).

Recorders’ Conference 2008

The main event in the BSBI’s calendar is the annual recorders’ conference, which is on 12th - 14th September in Shrewsbury. It is open to all members, not just county recorders.

• Draft programme
• Booking form

Before booking please Email us to check availability of places.

There will be identification sessions on the following subjects, so please bring specimens:-

• Euphrasia (tbc)
• Rosa
• Carex
• Vegetative plants
• Polygonum aviculare agg.

There will be workshops on recording techniques and scales (led by Kevin Walker, Michael Braithwaite & Angus Hannah) and on herbarium techniques (Mark Spencer, Arthur Chater and Tom Humphrey).

Speakers booked so far include Simon Smart, Raj Whitlock, Alan Silverside (tbc), Fred Rumsey and Chris Preston.

On Sunday there will be a workshop on Mapmate or a field trip to a local site.

We will also be offering a FISC, for any brave people who would like to find out how good they really are.