Meetings Ahead
Improve your skills. Join our field meetings and as well as enjoying the social side of the meetings, get expert help from specialists on identification and field survey techniques:
All meetings are open to members and non-members. If you plan to attend a field meeting you MUST BOOK WITH THE LEADER before the date of the meeting and confirm that you have read the Meetings guidance and the general field meeting Risk Assessment. Please note that meetings already arranged may change.
All meetings are open to members and non-members. If you plan to attend a field meeting you MUST BOOK WITH THE LEADER before the date of the meeting and confirm that you have read the Meetings guidance and the general field meeting Risk Assessment. Please note that meetings already arranged may change.
| Date | Route Finder | Venue | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Sep 19th 2025 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Little Haven EWT, Thundersley REARRANGED DATE DUE TO WOODLAND WORKS. a chance to survey this botanically-rich sandy heath, coppiced woodland and surrounding flower-rich meadows. Meet at reserve entrance on Daws Heath Road TQ81078887 SS7 2LH. Limited street parking available in Thorrington Avenue and Marlin Close. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Fri Sep 26th 2025 18:00- | Find route | Aubrey Buxton EWT, Stansted mothing session. Moth trapping with the Essex Moth Group. Snakes Lane/Alsa Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6HW. Mixed wood with grassland and large ponds. Floristic species include common spotted orchid, lesser Lady's Mantle, wild strawberry and adderstongue fern. Meet at car park TL5217,2645 | Fiona Hutchings. please register your interest on fiona.77h@hotmail.com |
| Wed Oct 8th 2025 10:30 | Find route | EFC Fungi Group Hales Wood Saffron Walden. Hales Wood have a regular work party on Wednesdays which we will join and whose volunteers may be able to help find fungi. W3W: topmost.clef.baseline | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Sat Oct 11th 2025 11:00-15:00 | Find route | Fungal Walk to Carver Airfield, Debden. Carver Barracks. Water Lane, Wimbish, Essex. CB10 2YA. Grassland with calcareous and clay living species sitting side by side. Ancient woodland (Peverels) and multiple copses planted over the years. Gravel areas, tarmac runways and old buildings from WWII. It may be cold, wet and windy, so please bring clothing to suit any weather. Meet at layby TL5670,3439 near Rowney Woods. | Fiona Hutchings. please register your interest on fiona.77h@hotmail.com |
| Tue Oct 14th 2025 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Heards Farm, Shenfield. An ex-organic farm no longer in production with a wide variety of wildlife. Meet and Park for 10 cars in the farm yard at TQ607973, Heards Farm, Heards Lane, Shenfield, Brentwood, CM15 0SF | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Thu Oct 16th 2025 10:30 | Find route | EFC Fungi Group. Swan and Cygnet woods. . Swan and Cygnet woods Stock. Optional Packed Lunch. Parking in small layby or on road at TQ688992. W3W: spark.saving.tricky. NB Date not confirmed | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Sat Oct 18th 2025 10:30 | Find route | EFC Fungi Group with RHS Hyde Hall. Hyde hall RHS gardens, this visit is to look at the extensive area surrounding the main gardens comprising grassland and woodland. Park in the car park at TQ779997 and meet by the main entrance. | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Tue Oct 21st 2025 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Danbury Common. field trip to heathland, acid grassland and woodland. Meet in National Trust car park at TL78160436 (east of nearest postcode CM3 4JH) | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Thu Oct 23rd 2025 10:30 | Find route | EFC Fungi Group Phyllis Currie reserve. Phyllis Currie Reserve, Great Leighs. This EWT reserve has diverse habitats, with grassland, a lake, woodland and ditches, sloping down to a tributary of the River Ter. Meet at reserve car park TL 723 182, parking limited W3W:swells.strongman.speeds | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Sun Oct 26th 2025 10;00 | Find route | Fungal Walk to Sandylay with Essex Wildlife Trust. . Meet/Park at Leighs Village Hall Car Park at CM3 1NU, TL729171, W3W:coverage.fruitcake.panicking. Or at the Castle Pub's car park on the corner at CM3 1ND, TL727171, W3W:arranger.senders.relocated. Meet in the Village Hall car park and walk to the reserve, there is no parking available on site in Mill Lane. Returning to the Village hall to identify specimens etc. at about 12:00. | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Tue Oct 28th 2025 10:30 | Find route | EFC Fungi Group with RHS Hyde Hall. Hyde Hall RHS Gardens this visit is to look at the gardens, extensive cultivation means that there are few woodland species, however the large scale mulching seems to encourage extensive fungal activity and there is always the possibility of something unusual associated with the more exotic plants. Park in the car park at TQ779997 and meet by the main entrance. | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Thu Oct 30th 2025 10:30 | Find route | Fungal Walk at Tiptree Heath.. Field Meeting to the largest area of heathland in the county with all 3 heather species present. Meet in car park at CO5 0PT W3W:duties.suspended.crackling | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Sat Nov 8th 2025 10:30 | Find route | Essex Field Club with the Mill Meadows Soc.. Essex Field Club with the Mill Meadows Soc..Parking Limited so car sharing is recomended.TQ683941. nearest postcode: CM11 2EL W3W:note.tuned.spoken | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Sat Nov 15th 2025 10:30 | Find route | EFC Fungi Group. Waxcap special. Fryerning Churchyard. TL 638 001 W3W:front.hunt.model. Then Chelmsford Crematorium TL696059, W3W: lows.skills.sofa, and finally Little Leighs Churchyard TL718167, W3W:speaks.surprised.smile , Packed lunch optional. | Please book online email: jhc@johocooke.plus.com |