Summer Programme 2021
The pandemic has made indoor meetings impossible, whilst outdoor meetings will have to follow Government guidelines.
Field meetings may be subject to last minute changes due to weather etc., so it is helpful if we know if you are coming.
Everyone is welcome to the meetings below. For outdoor meetings wear stout footwear and suitable weather wear. Mothing sessions – usually arranged at short notice. For moth nights bring a torch, hot drink and warm clothes.
Please note that attendance at field meetings is at your own risk. Children under 16 should be accompanied by an adult.
Working parties at Lindholme will usually be on the first Sunday of the month, depending on the weather. Please let Louise know if you are coming.
Members are welcome to attend any of our meetings. For non-members, please contact the general secretary if you would like to attend any of our meetings as a guest. For further information and directions contact the general secretary at enquiries “at” doncasternaturalhistorysociety.org.uk
Doncaster Naturalists’ events are in bold.
| Date | Meeting Details |
|---|---|
| April | |
| Thursday 15th | Wood anemones in Brockadale. Prepare for a different walk into Brockadale to see the carpets of wood anemones. Meet on the roadside near Wentbridge House Hotel, on the bridge at 1:30pm. SE488174 Leaders Joyce & Paul Simmons. |
| Wednesday 21st | Newting at Thorpe Marsh NR. To check the ponds for Great Crested Newts. Louise has a licence to look for them. Meet at the railway crossing entrance to the reserve at 7.30pm. grid ref: SE594098. Leaders Louise Hill and Mick Townsend |
| Saturday 24th | The Denaby Ings Project. The Nats will survey this YWT reserve with several visits throughout the year. Meet at the free car park at 10am. SE498009 Leader Colin Howes |
| May | |
| Saturday 1st | Bluebells at Ash Hill Farm. To see the bluebell display at John Scott’s Ash Hill Farm. Park in the lane outside the farmhouse. Meet at 2pm. SE605134 Leader John Scott |
| Sunday 2nd | Dawn Chorus – Sandal Beat Wood. Meet at 4:30am at the car park at the end of the Straight Mile. SE609037 Leader Louise Hill. |
| Tuesday 18th | Old Moor RSPB reserve. Birds and flowers, with afternoon visit to Broomhill Flash. Meet in the Visitor Centre at 10am. SE422022 Leader Nora Boyle. |
| Thursday 27th | Potteric Carr Hidden Corners with Jim Horsfall. Meet in the visitor Centre 10am. SE512174 . |
| June | |
| Tuesday 1st | Dyscarr Wood SSSI, Langold Country Park. Hoping to find Fly Orchids. Meet in free car park at end of lake. 10.30am Toilets are available. SK580865 Leaders Jim Burnett. |
| Wednesday 2nd | Brockadale evening walk Warblers, Marbled Whites, Orchids. Meet in car park at 7pm. SE512174 Leader Joyce Simmons. |
| Wednesday 9th | Denaby Ings Project. As part of the ongoing surveys towards the YWT project Meet in the free car park at at 10am. SE498009 . |
| Tuesday 12th | Visit to Small Holding, Sykehouse. To see the rare day flying Forester Moth. Meet at Pinetrees Farm, Sykehouse SE628166 Leader Anna Thirwell |
| Tuesday 15th | Anston Stones Wood. Find wood barley, etc Meet at 10am on lay-bye on A57. SK538828 Leaders Louise Hill & Les Coe. |
| Sunday 20th | Fishlake – a joint meeting with YNU Botanical Section. Botanical survey Meet at 10am just north of Fishlake village at SE666157 Leader Louise Hill. |
| Wednesday 23rd | Crowle Moor A 3 to 4 mile walk is anticipated. Meet at 10:30 in car park, west of Crowle village. SE758140 Leader Joyce Simmons. |
| July | |
| Saturday 3rd | Dearne Valley YNU meeting, Meet at car park on A633 east of Barnsley at 10:30. SE372064 Leader Joyce Simmons. |
| Sunday 4th | Potteric Carr A walk around the reserve Meet in the reserve car park at 2pm. SE588006 Leader Geoff Carreck. |
| Monday 19th | Thorpe Marsh. Purple hairstreaks, dragonflies, perhaps moths. Meet at the Norwood Gate at 5.45pm. SE594087 Leader Mick Townsend |
| Wednesday 14th | Sprotbrough. Visit Orchard-rich limestone grassland at Sprotbrough Plantation, Pot Ridings Wood, Old Grey Stone Quarry and Sprotbrough Flash. Meet at the Sprotbrough Boat car park on Nursery Lane at 2pm. (SE537015) Leader Colin Howes |
| Friday 23rd | Lindholme. Visit to see Purple Hairstreah Butterflies Meet at Lindholme Hall (Gomde – the Buddist retreat centre) at 4.30pm Leader Joyce Simmons |
| Saturday 31st | Denaby Ings Project. As part of the ongoing surveys towards the YWT project Meet in the free car park at at 10am. SE498009 Leader Colin Howes |
| August | |
| Wednesday 4th | Brockadale evening walk. Purple flowers and butterflies. Meet in car park at 7pm. SE512174 Leader Joyce Simmons. |
| Wednesday 11th | Glass Park & canal. The Glass Park is a country park created on a restored Pilkington’s Glass waste tip near St Oswald’s Church on the Canal at Kirk Sandall Meet at 2pm outside St.Oswald’s Church, Kirk Sandal. SE610079. Leader Louise Hill. |
| Friday 13th | Wadworth Shrubbery and Gospel Well This is a Woodland Trust site. see https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/the-shrubbery Meet at 2pm on Church Road verge between the Village cricket ground and the Churchyard (SK568971). Leader Colin Howes |
| Tuesday 17th | Mothing at Austerfield Meet at 8pm at Austerfield Field Centre DN10 6RG (SE660949) Leader Joyce Simmons |
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| Tuesday 24th | Hurst Lane Gravel Pits. . Meet at 2pm off the A638 near Rossington. at SK638985 Leader Geoff Carreck. |
| September | |
| Wednesday 1st | Langold Country Park. https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/parks-and-open-spaces/langold-country-park/ Joint meeting with British Plant Gall Society. Meet in free Car Park by the lake. Toilets are available. 10.30am SK580865 Leader Tom Higginbottom. |
| Saturday 4th | . |
| Wednesday 8th | Denaby Ings Project. As part of the ongoing surveys towards the YWT project Meet in the free car park at 10am. SE498009 . |
| Friday 17th | St. Aidans RSPB Reserve. Bird Watching (Car park charge for non-members.) Meet in car park at 10:30. SE399287 Leader Joyce Simmons. |
| October | |
| Sunday 11th | Archbishop Holgate Almshouses, Hemsworth. Fungal Foray – very little walking involved Meet at 10am at the Almshouses Leader Francis Hickenbottom |
| Saturday 20th | Barrow Hills NR . Leader |
| Saturday 23rd | Denaby Ings Project. As part of the ongoing surveys towards the YWT project Meet in the free car park at 10am. SE498009 Leader Colin Howes |