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Indoor Meeting – Down Under (Water) by Jill Dean

30th October 202530th October 2025 Ian Short Indoor meeting
Scuba diver exploring a coral reef

Come along on Thursday 13th November for a deep-dive into the wonders of the world under the seas, and to learn a little about the skills and thrills of SCUBA diving with a camera. Jill’s talk will cover some of the different species we can see in UK waters and how these vary according to […]

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Threatened Invertebrates in Lancashire

14th March 202531st March 2025 Ian Short Indoor meeting
Lathrobium rufipenne

Our April Indoor meeting, at 7.30pm on Thursday 10th April 2025 will be a talk by Gary Hedges about improving our understanding of threatened Invertebrates in Lancashire Gary Hedges is an Entomologist based in World Museum, Liverpool. Within entomology, he specialises in weevils and leaf beetles, and moths, but has a wide natural history interest […]

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AGM & Indoor Meeting – Thursday 9th January 2025

28th December 2024 Ian Short Indoor meeting

The postponed AGM will take place on 9th January 2025, Cutgate Baptist Church, at 19:30. There will be no charge for entry to members. We expect the AGM to take no longer than half an hour and it will be followed by one of the more important talks of the year. RFNS members helped to […]

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