A talk by Brian Walker about 50 years of studying May Moss and its importance for both wildlife and climate change.

Jane Pottas will talk about our marine life that, until the last few years the Society had largely not taken much notice of.

Joyce Scott will give us a talk on how to get into lichens.

This is a two day meeting and is non-residential so members can come to either or both days. It is a chance to meet members from other groups. The format on the day depends on what people want but normally people splits into groups to survey a specific area or to look at specific taxa. Beginners and experts mix together as a learning experience. There is an optional meeting Sunday afternoon in a local village hall to discuss and collate the finds.

More details nearer the time.

A chance to hear what the Society’s recorders have been up to in the last 12 months and what new discoveries have been made.

A chance to better understand the local geology that has such an impact on our wildlife environment. Tony Kearsley (retired from Dept. of minerology at Natural History Museum London) will talk about the large variety of rocks that occur in our landscape and how they got there.

The Beavers have now been in residence for 6 years and intensive studies have been carried out on their impact on the wildlife and hydrology of the site. Cath Bashforth (FC ecologist) will bring us up to date with what is happening now and the results of the monitoring and, also where we go from here.

We will have our Annual General Meeting which will be as brief as possible floowed by the Presidential Address.

There has been a big rise in dolphin and whale sighting over the last few years. Stuart Baines will tell us about the common and uncommon cetacean species found off our coast.