In August, the Cons and Ed team organised an event on dragonfly ID. The event was in two parts and is suitable for beginners. Stuart Fraser, Environmental Records Officer for Greater Manchester Ecology Unit kindly agreed to lead us in this learning experience. On Thursday 18th August at 7pm he gave us a presentation by […]
Coach trip : 13th Aug : Pocklington Canal : Pam and Roger Crofts. Departing Manchester Road Cul-de-Sac, Rochdale OL11 4HY at 9.00 am. The Pocklington Canal in East Yorkshire is 9.5 miles in length and runs from Canal Head, near the village of Pocklington (12 miles east of York), to East Cottingwith, where it meets […]
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 […]