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Diary: Winter Programme 2009/10

Tuesday meetings are all in Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley on Tuesdays starting at 7.30pm. Weekend meetings are in red.

September 8'A Natural Miscellany'
A selection of short presentations by members Nevil Bowland, Julia Kay and Anne Riley
September 22

'The Work of the National Trust in Upper Wharfedale'
Peter Katic
'Farming our Countryside'
Julian Carlisle
Two presentations highlighting the farming and conservation ethos of the National Trust

September 29Ilkley Moor
Geology walk with Neil Aitkenhead
October 6 Microscope evening
October 11

Fungus Foray
Thruscross: meet 10.30am Dam Car Park SE154574
With fungus expert Tom Hering

October 13 'Traditional and Modern Uses of Fungi'
Andy Woodall
October 15Winter Coach Outing
RSPB Saltholme: meet 10.30am in Visitor Centre
Leader: Harry Jevons
October 27 'Bat Research and Conservation in the Dales' and
'Bats Abroad'
Two talks by national expert Professor John Altringham of Leeds University
November 7 Coffee Morning
10am to 12 noon, Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley.
All proceeds go to support local conservation initiatives
November 3 Microscope evening
November 10

Birds of the Washburn Valley
Peter Riley gives us the other half! (in joke)

November 14 Marshside
Meet 11 am Reserve Car Park
November 21

Martin Mere
Winter Coach Outing:
Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Centre and
North West Bird Watchers' Festival

November 24'Nature's Year'
David Alred
December 1Microscope evening
December 8

'New Gardening - Gardening in a Changing Climate'
Matthew Wilson (Head of RHS Gardens Creative Development)

January 5Microscope evening
January 9 Swinsty Reservoir
Winter Walk
January 12 'Penguins, Pinnipeds & Procilarifformes'
Hannah Lawson
January 26 'The Geology of Westray'
David Leather
'Red Squirrel Conservation in the Yorkshire Dales National Park'
Ian Court
February 2

Microscope evening - Show and tell
Bring your own specimens, and enjoy a demonstration of bacteriology.

February 9 'Butterfly Hotspots of Northern England'
Dave Wainwright
February 23 'Ingleborough NNR - its Wildlife and Management'
Colin Newlands, Senior Reserves Manager for Natural England
March 2 Microscope evening - Antique slides and equipment
Enjoy the Society's antique slides.
March 9 'To the Tibetan Plateau'
Tom Lawson
March 18 Annual Dinner
Chevin Lodge
March 23 AGM
Interval with tea/coffee
Member presentation
April 6 Recorders' Evening
Our Recorders reflect on natural history trends in Wharfedale and highlights from 2009
April 13Microscope evening - Freshwater microscopy
Meet at Nell Bank, Denton Road, at 7.30pm, to collect and view specimens.

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