Joyce Scott will give us a talk on how to get into lichens. If you have a lens please bring it as there will be a chance to do some hands on viewing.
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.
Cath Bashforth has had to cry off so tonight we will be ‘feted’ with a Night at the Movies presented by John Hume. Your guess is as good as mine but expect some good photography!
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.
At 0ur first indoor meeting of the year we will hear from a number of recorders on what the Nats have been doing and finding in 2025
Derek Whiteley will give us a talk on Flies
After the recent disasters with multiple mortalities Joe Redfern of the Whitby Lobster Hatchery will tell us a bit about what they are doing to maintain a sustainable industry.
Cath Bashford will update us on the Cropton Beaver and what the future may hold.
Sam Newton and Alan Rodda have stepped in and will give us a talk on those spectacular insects, Longhorn beetles.