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Why every fly counts…

10th March 202223rd March 2022 Ian Short Indoor meeting

Our first ‘face to face’ talk at Cutgate Baptist Church for what seems like a lifetime was a fascinating insight into the frequently overlooked, but incredibly important, world of Flies. The speaker was Alan Bedford, a retired biology lecturer with a long standing interest in natural history. Alan spent 32 years teaching, the last 21 […]

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2021 – My Year – a talk by Paul Hill, naturalist and photographer

13th December 2021 Ian Short Online meeting

Thursday 13th January 2022 – join us on Zoom! Paul Hill is a keen naturalist and has travelled throughout the UK and beyond photographing birds and other wildlife. He will be talking to us about his 2021 and showing us some of his images of birds, mammals and insects from a year disrupted by Covid. […]

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Much Ado about Mothing

30th September 202130th September 2021 Ian Short Online meeting

Moths are boring, brown things that eat your clothes and get in the cereal packets, yes? NO!! Moths are enchanting, exciting and exotic creatures that have important roles to play in nature, and not just as food for bats either. Many of them are stunningly beautiful, and show brilliant camouflage and mimicry to rival any […]

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