| 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 29 | Ilkley
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
15 | Winter 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 1 | Microscope evening |
| December
8 | 'New Gardening - Gardening in a Changing Climate'
Matthew
Wilson (Head of RHS Gardens Creative Development) |
| January
5 | Microscope 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 13 | Microscope
evening - Freshwater microscopy
Meet at Nell
Bank, Denton Road, at 7.30pm, to collect and view specimens. |
