New Mills Natural History Society
Indoor meetings
New Mills town hall, main hall, 7.30 p.m. (Access is from the car park in front of the Town Hall, or at the rear via Aldersgate.) Non-members are welcome: £2.
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 19h January
Members’ evening. Bring slides, digital shots and items for exhibition.
Friday, 16th February
AGM followed by: Moors for the Future
Barry Soames
Friday, 15th March
Trees and us: a very special relationship
Andrew Bonehill
Friday, 19th April
The story of Old Moor RSPB Reserve
Ian Rotherham
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 20th January
Members’ evening. Bring slides, digital shots and items for exhibition.
Friday, 17th February
AGM followed by: Creating a wilder Peak District
Hollie Fisher
Friday, 17th March
Swifts
Tanya & Edmund Hoare
Friday, 21st April
Fungi
Deb Hampson & Bengt Saxmark
Friday, 15th September
Badger vaccination
Debbie Bailey
Friday, 20th October
The Natural History of Lightwood
Steve Orridge
Friday, 17th November
An African wildlife miscellany
Pete Webb
Friday, 15th December
Christmas party and quiz. Bring a dish and your own drink and glass, together with personal crockery, cutlery, pen and paper, etc.
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 21st January
Members' Evening (Bring digital images for projection; photographs; art and handicraft; documents; and other items of natural history interest.)
Friday, 18th February
AGM followed by The Bird Lady
Joan Potts
Friday, 18th March
A few birds From Costa Rica to Peru
Geoff Oldham
Friday, 22nd April
World of insects
Tony Pioli
Friday, 16th September:
Freshwater fish of Britain
Jack Perks
Friday, 21st October
British land planarians (flatworms).
Hugh Jones
Friday, 18th November
A night on the tiles
Jeff Clarke
Friday, 16th December
Christmas party and quiz. Bring a dish and your own drink and glass, together with personal crockery, cutlery, pen and paper, etc.
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 15th January
Members’ Evening; Bring slides, digital shots and items for exhibition.
Friday, 19th February
AGM followed by The Bird Lady
Joan Potts
Friday, 19th March
A Night on the Tiles
Jeff Clarke
Friday, 16th April
Birds of Costa Rica
Geoff Oldham
Friday, 19th November
Some Poisonous Wild Plants and a Few Less Known Edible Ones;
John Hawksford
Friday, 17th December
Christmas Party (Bring a savoury or dessert to share and your own drink, crockery and cutlery.) (cancelled )
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all New Mills Natural History Society meetings are cancelled for the foreseeable future.
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 17th January
Members’ Evening; Bring slides, digital shots and items for exhibition.
Friday, 21st February
AGM followed by a Microscope Show
Ian Russell
Friday, 20th March
Wild Plants: edible or poisonous? (cancelled)
John Hawksford
Friday, 17th April
Fungi (cancelled)
Bengt Saxmark & Deb Hampson
Friday, 18th September
World of Insects (cancelled)
Tony Pioli
Friday, 16th October
Freshwater Fish of Britain (cancelled)
Jack Perks
Friday, 20th November
Peak District Plants: an Ecological Perspective (cancelled)
Elaine Radford
Friday, 18th December
Christmas Party and Quiz. Bring a dish and your own drink and glass, together with personal crockery, cutlery, pen and paper, etc. (cancelled)
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 18th January
Members’ Evening; Bring slides, digital shots and items for exhibition.
Friday, 15th February
AGM; and Tea & Tigers: some time in Rural India
Steve Price
Friday, 15th March
Adders and the Eastern Moors
Chris Monk
Friday, 26h April
Hebridean Autumn
Bob Croxton
Friday, 20th September
Scottish Delights
Paul Hobson
Friday, 18th October
Dovestones RSPB Reserve
Dave O'Hara
Friday, 15th November
Beekeping
Graham Royle
Friday, 20th December
Christmas Party and Quiz. Bring a dish and your own drink and glass, together with personal crockery, cutlery, pen and paper, etc.
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 19th January
Members’ Evening; Bring slides, digital shots and items for exhibition.
Friday, 16th February
AGM and a Botanical Tour of Malta
David Blowers
Friday, 16th March
The Complete Owl
Dr. Michael Leach
Friday, 20th April
Water Voles
Christine Gregory
Friday, 21st September
The Complete Owl
Dr. Michael Leach
Friday, 19th October
Antarctica
Geoff Oldham
Friday, 16th November
Insect/Plant Associations
Rob Foster
Friday, 21st December
Christmas Party and Quiz. Bring a dish and your own drink and glass, together with personal crockery, cutlery, pen and paper, etc. Town Hall Large Hall .
Date
Description
Speaker(s)
Friday, 15th September
Adventures with Bats
Bob Croxton
Friday, 20th October
Trees and the Woodland Trust
Andrew Bonehill
Friday, 17th November
Justice for the Unvoiced (The Work of a Wildlife Crimes Officer)
Emerson Buckingham
Friday, 15th December
Christmas Party and Quiz. Bring a dish and your own drink and glass, together with personal crockery, cutlery, pen and paper, etc. Town Hall Large Hall.