Winter Programme

 

Events are free to members

but there is a small charge of £3 for visitors and guests.

Meetings are held at the URC Hall in Kents Bank Road at 7.30pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct                   Mountain Flowers of Cumbria 

Fri 10th            Speaker - Peter Bullard 

                         He is the County Recorder for Vascular Plants

                         Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. 

 

 

Oct                  Beatrix Potter, Mycologist             

Fri 24th           Speaker - Helen Speed

                        Helen is a dedicated mycologist

                        and Beatrix Potter enthusiast.

 

Oct                 Fungal Foray at Brown Robin Reserve

Sat 25th         Led by Helen Speed

                       Meet at 10.00am at Cumbria Grand Top Car Park

                       LA11 6EN

 

Nov                 Educating the next generation of Conservationists

Fri 7th             Speaker - Danni Chalmers

                        Danni works for the Cumbria WIldlife Trust.

 

                    

Nov                Horticulture and Biodiversity

Fri 21st          Speaker - Tom Attwood 

                      Tom is the joint owner of Abi and Tom's Plants Grange.

 

 

Dec                Biology of the Mole

Fri 5th           Speaker Stephen Totter

                      CEO of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust.

 

 

Dec                Please note the earlier start time! 7.00pm

Fri 19th          Social Evening

                       There will be several short talks and presentations

                       by Society members 

                       There will also be Natural History displays 

                       The evening will include refreshments.

 

 

Jan               Duddon Valley Landscape Recovery Project

Fri 9th          Speaker Patrick Deady

                     Patrick is a farmer in the Upper Duddon Valley.

 

           

Jan              AGM Followed by

Fri 23rd       Surveying and Recording of Local Wildlife Sites

                    Speaker Dr John Adams

                    John is the Vice Chair of GDNHS and the Society recorder.

 

    

Feb              Cetaceans of Shetland (current research)

Fri 6th          Speaker Prof Volker Deecke

                     Volker  is the Professor of

                     WIldlife Conservation at Cumbria University.

 

 

Feb              Sromatolite, Tingles and Bin Chickens

Fri  20th      Natural History travels in Western Australia

                    Speaker David Evans

                    David is the Chair of Cumbria GeoConservation

 

 

March         Community - based Conservation

Fri 6th        in the Brazilian Amazon          

                   Speaker Dr Joe Hawes

                   Joe is a lecturer in Ecology and Conservation

                   at the  University of Cumbria.

 

 

March        The Sparling Catcher : ornithological research

Fri 20th      Speaker Dr Kevin Briggs

                   Kevin is an independant researcher.