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Fungi Walks and Meetings

Our Autumn 2026 programme will be made available below in late July / August after our AGM planned for late June. Please note that our booking scheme will be continuing and will apply to all our Walks. Instructions are fully explained below.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Unless otherwise stated, ALL WEEKEND WALKS START AT 10.00 am and finish between 12.30 am and 1.00 pm.

Unless otherwise stated, ALL WEEKDAY WALKS START AT 10.30 am and finish between 1.00 and 1.30 pm.

OUR WALKS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY, but if you'd like to come on a particular walk but are not yet a member, joining is very cheap and very easy: just click here. All are most welcome - especially families - and no previous experience is needed.

Cancellations / Weather conditions - Our walks go ahead 'whatever the weather' unless conditions are considered either dangerous (very windy, frosty or snowy) or too dry causing a lack of fungal activity. Very occasionally a site owner may cancel a visit due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event of a last minute cancellation, those members who've booked on a walk will be informed by email and / or phone. If in doubt over possibly dangerous conditions, it would be wise to check for messages or contact the leader before setting out from home.

Disclaimer - The Grid Reference given for each event is as accurate as we can make it and may not be at the exact location of the meeting place but should get you within a few hundred yards. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the Grid Reference and link to OpenStreetMap is correct BFG excepts no liability should you get lost. We now include the What3Words reference for the turn off spot from the road as an extra guide to each location. Clicking on the W3W link will open the app. Clicking on 'Navigate' will allow you to select your preferred navigation software (e.g. Google Maps).

Please note that by making a booking for one of our walks you are agreeing to follow our 'Walks Guidelines'. Click here to view

NB: If any members find they are not regularly receiving Penny's information circulars before an event (these are sent out the day before booking opens for each event) or have maybe changed their email address, please get in touch with her.

Print Programme (Only valid at time of printing. Always check website for latest information)

BOOKING SYSTEM: All our walks are subject to our booking system and all places MUST be booked in advance and are allocated on a first come/ first served basis. Generally WEEKEND WALKS have a maximum of 18 PLACES available + leaders, and WEEKDAY WALKS have a maximum of 10 PLACES available + leaders. There are a few exceptions.

BOOKING INSTRUCTIONS: Under the date of each event you'll see the 'Booking opens' and 'Booking closes' dates also.

NB: New for 2026: Under these dates the 'Click here to book / Click here to cancel' boxes will not become live until 7pm (not 7am as previously) on the first booking day when they will change from grey to blue. CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE BLUE BOX to book your place. Please note: only bookings made from this webpage can be accepted. Our booking secretary needs YOUR FULL NAME together with the names of any family members (aged 16 and over) also requesting a place. When all places have been allocated the 'Click here to book' will be replaced with 'Fully booked'.

Please respect this requirement and do not turn up at an event unless your booking has been acknowledged, normally within 24 hours.


Date 2026 Event
Sunday April 19th

Burnham Beeches (SSSI - City of London Corporation).
Click here for Report and List
Saturday May 2nd
Hodgemoor Woods (SSSI - Forestry England).
Click here for Report and List
Wednesday May 6th
Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens
Click here for Report and List
Wednesday May 20th
Stoke Common (SSSI - City of London Corporation).
Click here for Report and List
Friday June 26th
11am
BFG AGM at College Lake Nature Reserve (BBOWT) HP23 5QG / SP935139 / W3W: broadens.ends.pebbles. This venue is centrally located for our committee members who are spread across the county and into both Herts and Oxfordshire. The meeting will as usual be an informal low key affair, finishing by 1pm. All are welcome. If you'd like to come please let Penny know a.s.a.p. and by Friday June 19th at the very latest - BBOWT management needs the exact numbers attending in order to plan which space best suits our requirements. If you are not attending but have any issues you'd like raised for discussion please let Penny know in good time.

OTHER LOCAL EVENTS OF INTEREST to which members are welcome though booking will still apply.:

Date 2026 Event

BMS = British Mycological Society (www.britmycolsoc.org.uk).

HBFG = Herts & Beds Fungi Group (contact Stephen Kelly stephen.kelly@talktalk.net ).