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Programme for 2017 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 current subscription 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 17th | Recorders Reports for 2016 & Members Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
February 21st | Work on Duke of Burgundy & Pearl Bordered Fritillary Butterflies Joint Meeting with Ryedale Beekeepers Association |
Dave Wainwright (Butterfly Conservation) |
March 21st | Wildlife around Sutton Bank | Ian Thomas |
April 18th | A Future for Hen Harriers and the Upland Landscape | Aimee Nicholson (RSPB) |
October 17th | Bats | Nick Gibbons |
November 21st | AGM and Dormice | Ann Hanson (Mammal Society) |
December 19th | Back Garden Bumblebees and Solitary Bees | Bill Hall |
January 16th 2018 | Recorders Reports for 2017 & Members Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
Indoor meetings are held in the Methodist Hall, Kirkbymoorside, at 7:30pm.
April 23rd |
Ancient Trees in Duncombe Park meet Waterloo Gate SE584814 2:00pm |
Brian Walker |
May 7th | Dawn Chorus, Roulston Scar meet White Horse Bank Top SE517814 5:00am |
Keith Gittens |
May 20th | YWT Appleton Mill Farm meet SE746880 2:00pm |
Ellen Fairbank |
June 17th | Ellers Wood/Brewster Hill meet Hazel Heads car park SE531927 2:00pm |
Jim Pewtress |
June 25th | Chalkland flowers at Fordon Banks and Wharram Quarry Joint meeting with Hull Naturalists and YNU meet near Foston TA 051752. 10:30am |
Gill Smith |
July 15th | Butterflies at Bull Ings, Cropton meet Cropton High Street SE756889 2:00pm |
Pauline Popely |
July 29th |
Moth Trapping CANCELLED Joint meeting with Cleveland Naturalists Field Club meet Wrelton High Street SE764861 8:00pm |
Pauline Popely |
August 2nd POSTPONED to 9th Aug |
Searching for Purple & White-letter Hairstreak Butterflies, Manor Vale meet Manor Vale SE693871 5:00pm |
Jim Pewtress |
September 3rd | Staveley YWT NR meet SE369630 10:30am |
Keith Gittens |
October 14th | Cropton Forest Fungus Foray meet SE752909 (on W side of road) 2:00pm |
Rhona Sutherland |
Extra meetings may be arranged throughout the season.
For further details please contact Pauline Popely.
YNU Field Excursions 2017
For further details see http://www.ynu.org.uk/events/ |
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