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Programme for 2018 – 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 16th | Recorders’ Reports for 2017 & Members’ Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
| February 20th | A Palaeontologist's Perspective on the Evolutionary History of Bees Joint Meeting with Ryedale Beekeepers’ Association |
Dr. W. John Varker RBKA |
| March 20th | Tree Health and the role of volunteers as Citizen Scientists | Dr Charles Lane |
| April 17th | Turtle Dove Project | Richard Baines |
| October 16th | Ferns found in the North York Moors | Dr. Barry Wright |
| November 20th | AGM and Wildlife Photography | Paul Forster |
| December 18th | Aquatic Insects found in Ryedale | Dave Southall |
| January 15th 2019 | Recorders’ Reports for 2018 & Members’ Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
Indoor meetings are held in the Methodist Hall, Kirkbymoorside, at 7:30pm.
April 21st |
Chafer Wood, Ebberston Meet SE899832 2:00pm |
Gill Smith |
| May 6th | Dawn Chorus, Kirkdale Meet Kirkdale Church SE677856 5:00am |
Tom Denney |
| May 20th | Birds & Butterflies, Hawnby Meet Moor Gate SE540916 10:00am |
Jim Pewtress |
| June 10th | Ousegill, Bransdale - Moorland Birds Meet Moorhouse road end SE636946 10:00am |
Tom Denney |
| June 30th | Gundale - Dodder and Brown Argus Meet SE802886 10:00am |
Allan Rodda & Jackie Holder |
| July 15th | Spaunton Quarry - White-letter Hairstreak Meet SE725872 2:00pm |
Pauline Popely |
| August 21st | Staindale - Dalby Bats Meet Staindale car park SE883903 8:15pm |
Nick Gibbons |
| September 29th | Ousegill Fungus Foray Meet Moorhouse road end SE636946 10:30am |
Rhona Sutherland |
| October 14th | Filey Bird Observatory - Bird Ringing and Migration Meet Kirkby - details tba |
Filey Bird Group |
Extra meetings may be arranged throughout the season.
For further details please contact Pauline Popely.
YNU Field Excursions 2018
For further details see http://www.ynu.org.uk/events/ and the YNU calendar |
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