Meeting times
All Tuesday evening field meetings will be at 6.30 pm unless otherwise stated.For any more details, contact the Secretary,
e mail - info@hullnats.org.uk
Programme > 2019
Programme of Events 2019
| Saturday 26 January 10.00 |
Far Ings, Barton-upon-Humber Meet at the NEW visitor centre… ie NOT the old one. |
TA 018 233 |
| Tuesday 29 January 19.30 |
People, Ponds & Water and beyond: A Northern Perspective A talk by Anne Carter, of the Freshwater Habitats Trust. |
TA 077 317 |
| Saturday 16 February 10.00 |
Normanby Hall, near Scunthorpe Meet in the car park. |
SE 887 168 |
| Tuesday 19 February 19.30 |
A trip to Svalbard A talk by Jackie Guthrie on the wildlife of this remote part of Norway. |
TA 077 317 |
| Tuesday 12 March 19.30 |
AGM & Members Evening A short AGM followed by presentations by members. Meet at the University of Hull, Lecture Room 26 in the Wilberforce Building[Campus map] |
TA 077 317 |
| Saturday 23 March 10.00 |
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Meet at the main car park near to the main building entrance. There is a parking fee, currently £11 for all day. [visit their website] Best take packed lunch. If the weather is good we can do a long walk around Bretton Park. If not so good, then we could do for a shorter circuit with the option of a return to the restaurant for lunch. It can be muddy and quite steep in places. |
SE 286 131 |
| Tuesday 9 April 19.30 |
Members' Evening A series of presentations by members. Meet at the University of Hull, Lecture Room 26 in the Wilberforce Building[Campus map] |
TA 077 317 |
| Saturday 20 April 10.00 |
Hagg Wood, Dunnington Meet on Intake Lane close to junction with Horsfield Way. |
SE 675 524 |
| Tuesday 7 May 18.30 |
Jillywood Lane Meet at the entrance to Lazaats at the end of Woodhill Way. |
TA 022 345 |
| Tuesday 14 May 18.30 |
Nut Wood, Raywell Meet near the entrance. Roadside parking. |
SE 991 305 |
| Saturday 18 May 10.00 |
Brockadale Meet at the car park in Kirk Smeaton between the Shoulder of Mutton pub and the church. |
SE 519 166 |
| Tuesday 21 May 18.30 |
Swine Moor west Meet at the western end of the old Hull Bridge Road so we can take the footpath south onto Swine Moor Common to look at the western (Beverley) side of the site. |
TA 050 415 |
| Tuesday 28 May 18.30 |
Beverley Westwood Meet on Walkington Road close to the junction with Keldgate Road. |
TA 023 388 |
| Wednesday 29 May 10.30 - 15.00 |
York mini-Bioblitz At York Cemetery. For anyone interested. Details on internet. Search -York Bioblitz 2019 –on internet |
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| Saturday 1 June 10.00 |
Derbyshire weekend Saturday - meet at the pay and display White Lodge car park next to the A6, 2-3 miles west of Ashford in the Water. From here we will access the Plantlife reserve of Deepdale. |
SK 170 705 |
| Sunday 2 June 10.00 |
On Sunday we will meet near the Grindleford Station café. The walk will take us along Padley Gorge and around part of the Longshaw estate. The full length walk is about 8km but there is also a 3km circuit which would see the gorge woodland and many of its birds. The weather will partly influence us. |
SK 251 787 |
| Tuesday 4 June 18.30 |
Loglands (Longhill Tree Nursery) Field group meeting - Meet at the east end of East Carr Road, Hull. |
TA 130 336 |
| Tuesday 11 June 18.30 |
Newbald Becksies Meeting cancelled due to bad weather |
SE 916 371 |
| Tuesday 18 June 18.30 |
Pulfin Meet at the pedestrian bridge over the River Hull, for a walk north along the river’s east bank to High Eske and Pulfin |
TA 055 417 |
| Saturday 22 June 10.00 |
Yearsley Moor Meet at the forest track junction with North Moor Lane, just north of Yearsley. From Yearsley travelling NW you need to head for Ampleforth, ignoring the minor road to your left. You should then meet the parking point on the right just before the road bends. |
SE 582 751 |
| Tuesday 25 June 18.30 |
Barton roundabout Meet at roadside parking area just west of the roundabout on the road to South Ferriby. |
TA 017 215 |
| Tuesday 2 July 18.20 |
Clough Road Meet a little earlier than usual in the car park in front of Dunelm Mill store. We have gained permission to visit the wildlife area on the Croda site. We will be walking from the car park to Oak Road security lodge at 6.30, which is opposite Mecca Bingo, to gain site access. Names of people attending are required in advance. |
TA 092 314 |
| Saturday 6 July 10.00 |
Fen Bog Meet at parking area just before Eller Beck Bridge. |
SE 856 982 |
| Tuesday 9 July 18.30 |
Kiplingcotes Meet at the Hudson Way car park. We plan to visit the YWT reserve. |
SE 909 431 |
| Tuesday 16 July 18.30 |
St Andrew's Quay Meet at the corner where Makro store meets the Humber. |
TA 068 266 |
| Tuesday 23 July 18.30 |
North Ferriby foreshore Meet at the car park next to the Humber at the southern end of Humber Road. |
SE 986 251 |
| Tuesday 30 July 18.30 |
North Cave Wetlands Meet at the entrance. The gate is closed at dusk so it is best to park in the area between the road and gate. |
SE 886 328 |
| Saturday 3 August 10.00 |
St Aidans RSPB Meet at the reserve car park which is off Astley Lane, postcode LS26 8AL. There is a visitor centre with a small café and snacks, with toilets. |
SE 399 287 |
| Tuesday 6 August 18.30 |
Paull Holme Strays Reserve car park closed due to bank works. Route along Humber bank taken. |
TA 181 252 |
| Tuesday 13 August 18.30 |
Carr Lane, Willerby Meet at the junction of Walmersley Road and Wold Road (with Carr Lane). |
TA 045 305 |
| Saturday 17 August |
YNU VC61 meeting: North Duffield See the YNU website for details of this meeting. |
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| Tuesday 20 August 18.30 |
Haltemprice crematorium Meet near entrance for a walk around the old hospital site, and Low Road if time permits. |
TA 022 314 |
| Tuesday 27 August 18.30 |
River Hull, Kingswood Final Tuesday evening meeting. Meet in the southwest corner of the car park nearest point to the river and reservoir. |
TA 084 340 |
| Sunday 8 September 10.00 |
Humberhead peatlands Meet at Hatfield Moor, there is a car park directly off the A614 (signed) just south of Lindholme Prison. Details of the reserve with a map can be found at www.humberheadpeatlands.org.uk. |
SE 683 049 |
| Tuesday 10 September 19.30 |
Planning Meeting for 2020 Meet in room TR1 at the Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull. |
TA 076 317 |
| Saturday 5 October |
Kilnsea Note change of date. |
TA 417 154 |
| Saturday 2 November |
Castle Howard Arboretum Meet in the arboretum car park which is down the track from the obelisk opposite main Castle Howard entrance. |
SE 705 698 |
| Saturday 7 December |
Scarborough Meet on Royal Albert Drive [an extension of Marine Drive] near where it turns inland at Peasholme Gap. Lunch will be at a local restaurant, unless anyone prefers to sit outside with a pack-up, on their own. |
TA 037 897 |
| Tuesday 10 December 19.30 |
Members' Evening Meet at the University of Hull, room to be announced. Please check this website near the time. There will be presentations by members. |
We usually make a note of the things that we see on our excursions. When any of the above icons appear on the programme to the left, it indicates that a species list is available, either a general list covering all orders, or a list specifically for birds, plants, butterflies, dragonflies or insects. Clicking will open the list in a new browser tab.
Sometimes members will create online photo albums of our excursions. Clicking the camera icon will open this external website in a new browser tab.
Grid references
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A printable (pdf) version of this programme may eventually be downloaded by clicking here.
Andrew Ashworth
Andrew Chadwick