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Programme for 2016 – 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 19th | Recorders’ Reports & Members’ Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
| February 16th | Small Beetle & Asian Hornet Joint Meeting with Ryedale Beekeepers’ Association |
Ivor Flatman |
| March 15th | The Changing Face of Breeding Birds in Yorkshire | Keith Clarkson |
| April 19th | Conservation of the Dark Bordered Beauty Moth at Strensall Common | Terry Crawford |
| October 18th | Sketches of Ampleforth Swifts | Jonathan Pomroy |
| November 15th | AGM and “Flora and Other Wildlife of Rosedale” | Ryenats Members |
| December 20th | Nosterfield – a Stepping Stone in the Landscape | Simon Warwick |
| January 17th 2017 | Recorders’ Reports & Members’ Projects | Ryenats Recorders |
Indoor meetings are held in the Methodist Hall, Kirkbymoorside, at 7:30pm.
April 16th |
Kirkdale Spring Flowers meet Kirkdale SE676857 2:00pm |
Gill Smith |
| May 7th | Dawn Chorus, Gilling Lake meet SE589766 5:30am |
Tom Denney |
| May 14th | Farndale (1) meet Low Mill SE672953 2:00pm |
Pauline Popely |
| June 5th | Reeking Gill, Rosedale meet NZ697013 10:30am |
Tom Denney |
| June 22nd | YWT Pickering Low Carr Farm evening walk meet SE800796 7:00pm |
Ken Hutchinson |
| July 3rd | Farndale (2) meet Low Mill SE672953 2:00pm |
Pauline Popely |
| July 16th | Spiers House (Nightjars) meet SE757918 9:30pm |
Ken Hutchinson |
| September 25th | Crook Ness/Long Nab meet TA025935 10:00am |
Jim Pewtress |
| October 1st | Gilling Woods Fungus Foray meet SE589766 2:00pm |
Rhona Sutherland |
Extra meetings may be arranged throughout the season.
For further details please contact Pauline Popely.
YNU Field Excursions 2016
For further details see http://www.ynu.org.uk/events/ |
Links to other interesting wildlife sites
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