Scheduled WORK PARTIES
3rd Sunday of month; Mardley Heath Friends
Meet at car park 10am, Sue Stephens 01438 814557
4th Sunday of month; Tewinbury SSSI
Meet HMWT car park on farm drive 9.30am
Contact Robin Cole 01438813403.
3rd Thursday of month; Friends of Danesbury LNR
Meet at the Fernery field, Welwyn AL6 9RD
Contact John Roper 07910 311589
HMWT LOCAL GROUP
Contact Claudia Harflett 07754145029
WELWYN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
meets 8pm at Welwyn Civic Centre AL6 9ER
President: Richard Darby; Secretary: Janet Adderley; Chairman: Sue Stephens
Committee: Isabel Darby, Claudia Harflett, Robin Cole, Judith Watson
Contact: welwynnhs@gmail.com or 07884946565
Our Next Meeting: 24th April
Surely we have all heard about Danesbury Fernery? But do we know its history? This evening will give us the best insight ever into how and why it all happened!
Definitely not to be missed - John Roper
will be expecting to see you...
Back in the small hall at the Civic Centre: 8pm as usual.
2024/5 Programme
2024
Feb 28 Joint with Herts Natural History Society The BEAVER Natural Flood Management Project Sarah Brockless
Mar 27 My Life as a Naturalist Tom Gladwin
Apr 24 The Restoration of Danesbury Fernery John Roper
May 22 Battling the Buzz: the impacts of insect declines on birds and bats.
Hannah Romanowski
June 26 Using the Smell of Bacteria to Tackle Acute Oak Decline
Gareth Thomas
Sept 25 Aren't Midges Great! Environmental Change Indicators Extraordinaire Steve Brooks
Oct 23 Riverfly Discoveries on the River Mimram in 2021
Part 2 The Yellow May Dun Robin Cole
Nov 27 The Impact of Bird Flu on our Wild Birds Prof Phil Atkinson
Dec 11 Light-hearted Quiz and Christmas gathering
2025
Jan 22 AGM and members' evening: Photos, exhibits and short talks welcome
Feb 26 Joint with Herts Natural History Society
GERALD SALISBURY MEMORIAL LECTURE
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Subscriptions: £15pa; visitors £5per meeting; children free