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Programme for 2015 – see below for the indoor and outdoor meetings respectively.
The Society was formed on 2nd December 1963 and is based on the administrative district of Ryedale in North Yorkshire. It is responsible for almost 1200 one-kilometre squares with Kirkbymoorside at an approximate centre. Our area is roughly defined by the northern watershed running from Black Hambleton to Saltersgate; the Whitby to Thornton-le-Dale road to the east and the drove road along the edge of the Hambleton Hills to the west. Our southern boundary is less easy to describe but generally includes the Howardian Hills as far as Malton and the Kirkham Gorge, following the 70 grid line.
There are approximately 60 members and the Society has seven indoor meetings, usually
on the third Tuesday of the month in Kirkbymoorside, and at least four outdoor
trips during the year. New members are always welcome (please contact the Secretary, Pauline Popely, or just come to one of our meetings).
The subscription for 2015 is £10 per single member, £15 per family.
We publish Newsletters, annually in recent years. Dr. Michael Thompson has recently donated two bound volumes of the newsletters 1998-2004 and 2005-2008 to the archives of the Ryedale Folk Museum. They are now available for reading in Ryedale Folk Museum library. We would like to thank Michael for this generous donation.
We are affiliated to the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union (YNU), and have a list of YNU Field Excursions.
| January 20th | Recorders’ Reports | Ryenats Recorders |
| February 17th | The Moths of North-East Yorkshire Joint Meeting with Ryedale Beekeepers’ Association |
Dr. Robert Woods |
| March 17th | From Wharfedale to the Western Ghats - with a look at Ryedale Bats | Dr. John Altringham |
| April 21st | Merlins of the NY Moors | Wilf Norman |
| October 20th | Moult – The Next Step | Jim Pewtress |
| November 17th | AGM and “Dragonflies” | Keith Gittens |
| December 15th | Conserving ancient and other veteran trees in the Forest of Helmsley | Jill Butler |
| January 19th 2016 | Recorders’ Reports & Members’ Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
Indoor meetings are held in the Methodist Hall, Kirkbymoorside, at 7:30pm.
April 18th |
Sinnington Woods Spring Flowers meet Sinnington Village SE745855 2:00pm |
Gill Smith |
| May 2nd | Dawn Chorus, Castle Howard meet car park SE707712 7:00am |
Jim Pewtress |
| May 10th | Manor Vale (1) meet SE693871 2:00pm |
Jim Pewtress |
| June 7th | Boltby Forest meet SE502871 10:30am |
Keith Gittens |
| June 17th | Ellerburn Bank evening walk meet SE853859 7:00pm |
Ken Hutchinson |
| July 4th | Manor Vale (2) meet SE693871 2:00pm |
Tom Denney |
| July 18th | Spiers House meet SE756917 2:00pm |
Jim Pewtress |
| August 2nd | Fen Bog meet SE856982 2:00pm |
Ken Hutchinson |
| September 19th | Top Hill Low meet TA072485 10:30am |
Keith Gittens |
| October 3rd | Sleightholmedale, Fungus Foray meet SE668884 2:00pm |
Rhona Sutherland |
Extra meetings may be arranged throughout the season.
For further details please contact Pauline Popely.
YNU Field Excursions 2015
For further details see http://www.ynu.org.uk/events/ |
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