Mosses at Wallingford – 13th March 2010

On Saturday 13th February, Sean O’Leary led a field trip at Wallingford to look at mosses. The walk started in pleasant sunshine at the graveyard of St Leonard’s Church. An interesting collection of mosses was growing on the wall around the churchyard, and there were more specimens on [...]

One Swallow does not a summer make…

This morning Tony Rayner stepped outside his house in Cholsey and caught a glimpse of something that looked familiar. Then from around a roof top a Swallow shot over his head, moving north! He phoned Brian Shaw at Withymead and apparently he had seen 3 Swallows yesteday, so it isn’t a one-off … they really [...]

Geology at Curridge – 20th February 2010

 

On Saturday 20th February, Lesley Dunlop led a geology walk at Curridge near Newbury, at the boundary between the Reading beds, which are about 60 million years old, and the chalk, which is at least 20 million years older. There are numerous swallow holes at the lower [...]