The Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield Henry Clifton Sorby (1826-1908)
H. C. Sorby
(1826-1908)
Founded 1918.

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Latest News

Sorby Record No. 41

Sorby Record No. 41 Hot on the heals of Sorby Record No 40 comes Sorby Record No. 41, A Journal of Natural History for the Sheffield Area! This is distributed free to members but if you would like to order a copy have at look at our publications page. They are priced at £4.00 UK plus 70p postage & packing.

Contents include moths recorded in Bradway between 2000 and 2005, an analysis of breeding distribution and landscape preferences of declining farmland birds, changes in Swallow populations, land use and other background information for the Sorby recording area and as usual, many other articles of Natural History interest in the Sorby area. 64 pages including line drawings, photographs and distribution maps.

Sorby Record No. 40

Sorby Record No. 40 Sorby Record No. 40, A Journal of Natural History for the Sheffield Area, is now available at £4.00 UK plus 70p postage & packing to non-members (members receive it free). Contents include Moths of Blacka Moor and Wyming Brook, the Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, the Sorby Breck Ringing Group annual report and a check list of the flowers, ferns, grasses, sedges and rushes in the cloughs of the Upper Derwent along with many other articles of Natural History interest in the Sorby area. 60 pages including line drawings, photographs and distribution maps.

To order your copy, have at look at our publications page.

Sorby Record Special Series No. 14

Sorby Record Special Series No. 14 The Atlas of the Water Beetles (Coleoptera) and Water Bugs (Hemiptera) of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, 1993 - 2005, by Robert Merritt, is now available as Sorby Record Special Series No. 14.

This long awaited book is packed with information (160 pages) about species and sites in all three counties with distribution maps of 221 species and some really nice colour pics to go with the site descriptions.

BUY NOW WHILE STOCKS LAST - Limited print run!

For more information and to order your copy, visit our publications page.

Price Reduction!

Limb Valley Nature Trail Most of the prices for our publications have now been reduced - take this opportunity to complete your collection while stocks last!

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Sorby Butterfly Recording Scheme

To stimulate more recording, we have prepared a draft document containing a series of maps generated from the Sorby Butterfly database together with some accompanying information on the recording scheme itself. You can download the document by choosing the link below.

Download (140KB) (zipped Microsoft Word format document).

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