Founded 1889 – Affiliated to Yorkshire Naturalists' Union

Mar
11
Tue
Saving May Moss
Mar 11 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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

Apr
8
Tue
Exploring the seashore
Apr 8 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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

May
13
Tue
An introduction to Lichens
May 13 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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

Sep
9
Tue
Second recorders meeting
Sep 9 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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.

Oct
14
Tue
Pebbles on North Yorkshire beaches
Oct 14 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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.

Nov
11
Tue
The Cropton Beavers
Nov 11 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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.

Dec
9
Tue
AGM followed by the Presidential address – Cetaceans of the Yorkshire Coast
Dec 9 @ 19:30 – 21:00

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.