Dear Member Just letting you know that the Denaby Ings visit has been rescheduled for the 30th October. More details to come. I also want to remind you about the fungal foray to Finningley Churchyard was rescheduled for the 27th October. Kevin Gilfedder will check that there is enough fungi in the churchyard, if there […]

There is a change to the published programme, here is a message from Colin Howes explaining why and giving details of the meeting: ‘Due to the extraordinarily rich display of fungi around the Ancient Oaks and particularly on the southern Meadow at Lindholme Hall, we have decided to re organise the Nats Programme to quickly […]

The next meeting was to be a fungal foray this Friday but our fungus expert has checked the site, unfortunately he could only find one fungus species so we have decided to postpone the meeting. There doesn’t seem to be much fungus around at the moment. The new date for the fungus foray is Wednesday 27th […]

The next meeting is on Saturday 9th October is to Carr Wood and the Amazon Basin. Meet at 2pm in the Tesco car park, Balby, off the A60. Grid reference SK575 997. The leader is Jim Burnett. It is a 9 minute walk from the car park to Carr Wood but Jim can tell you […]

Pip Seccombe 1939-2021 & Marc Seccombe 1934-2020 Pip Seccombe died peacefully at home with her family on the 20th September 2021. For many years Pip had been an extremely active member of Doncaster Naturalists Society, serving on the committee as President, Recorder and Program Secretary. Following her retirement from the committee and her role as […]

St. Aidans has been an RSPB reserve for several years now. It was an opencast coal site, excavated by an enormous machine which is still present, though now it is behind a fence. The excavation left a massive depression which has been fashioned into several lakes with footpaths between them and around the whole site. […]

To continue our Denaby Ings project. Meet in car park at SE498009 at 10am

The next meeting is on the 1st September to Langold Lake with the Plant gall Society. The leader is Tom Higginbottom.  Meet at 10:30am, Wednesday 1st September at Langold Country Park. Contact: Tom Higginbottom – tomhig@talktalk.net   07985211601   Car park Location: Map OS Explorer 279 Grid Reference SK 587863, Post Code S81 9NW. Follow the A60  towards […]

The 2021 annual general meeting will take place in the Tofield Room at Potteric Carr at 10.30. am. The Tofield Room is in the middle of Potteric Carr, it is where the café used to be. Please allow 10 minutes or so to walk down to it. We have chosen to hold the meeting there […]

The next meeting is this coming Tuesday 24th August to Hurst Lane Gravel Pits. Meet at 2pm at SK638985 off the A638 near Rossington. The leader is Geoff Carreck, this is what Geoff has to say about it: We meet in the lay-by on the A638 Doncaster – Bawtry road. It is 0.5 miles after […]