Ryedale Natural History Society Meetings 2011

Programme for 2011 – 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, Tom Denney, or just come to one of our meetings).

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.
Our programme for 2011 is:

INDOOR MEETINGS 2011

January 18th	Recorders’ Reports	Ryenats Recorders
February 15th	Wildlife Management of Forests Joint Meeting with Ryedale Beekeepers’ Association	Charles Critchley
March 15th	Dragonflies	Keith Gitttens
April 12th	Nature Tourism in Yorkshire Joint Meeting with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust	Martin Batt
October 18th	An Update on Wildlife Crime	Mark Rasbeary
November 15th	AGM plus the Breeding Biology of Goshawks	Gary & MikeMarchant
December 13th	Travels in search of fish that drown	Dave Armitage
January 17th 2012	Recorders’ Reports	Ryenats Recorders

Indoor meetings are held in the Methodist Hall, Kirkbymoorside, at 7:30pm.

OUTDOOR MEETINGS 2011

Unless advised otherwise all meetings are on Saturdays
Please bring a packed lunch for all-day meetings.

April 16th	Beadale Woods – early spring flowers Meet Wrelton SE 766860 10:30am	Gill Smith
May 7th	Dawn Chorus 5:00am Meet Lowna cr park SE 685910	Tom Denney
May 21st	Hutton Common – Orchids, Nightshade & other flowers Meet car park SE 706885 10:30am
June 11th	Wet Heads, Stape - Badgers & Nightjars Meet Stape Village Hall SE 793931 7:00pm places are limited – please book in advance	Mick Carroll
June 18th	Foxglove Covert, Catterick Meet Kirkbymoorside 9:30am	Jim Pewtress
July 16th	Picnic Cawthorne Camp POSTPONED!
August 6th	Dragonflies in Wheeldale Meet Wheeldale Bridge SE 803970 10:30am	Keith Gittins
September 17th 10:00am	Teesmouth including Saltholme Meet South Gare, Teesmouth	Mick Carroll
October 15th	Gilling Fungus Foray Meet Gilling Lakes SE590767 10:30am Please note parking is limited!	Rhona Sutherland

A Programme and Newsletter are available

from the Secretary:

Tom Denney, Sykes House, Rudland,
Fadmoor, York

or email Tom Denney or Gill Smith

YNU Field Excursions 2011

VC63 May 21at	Went Ings, Sykehouse
VC61 June 18th	Spurn NNR
VC62 July 9th	Newtondale
VC64 July 29th-31st	Malham Tarn
VC65 August 13th	Low Fell, Gunnerside

For further details see http://www.ynu.org.uk/events
There are also separate outings for the different sections, e.g. Botanical.