SORBY NHS OUTLINE PROGRAMME 2020 – 2021
This programme is likely to change, please check the Sorby Newsletter for full details of meetings. Details of indoor meeting will be displayed on the Sorby Web Site.
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Full details of all meetings, plus additional meetings will be announced in the newsletter
Bold type – indoor meeting BIR Birds BOT Botanical Group FUN Fungus
Normal – Field meeting GEN General LIC Lichens MOS Mosses
Italic – Council meeting MUS Museums & Collections SIG Sorby Invert Group SMG Sorby Mammal Group
Tbc – to be confirmed
| Date | Meeting | Leader | Group |
| 2020 | |||
| APRIL | |||
| Sun 5 April | Derek’s 50th anniversary walk | Derek Whiteley | GEN |
| Wed 8 April | Midweek mammals and birds | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| Fri 17 April | Beauchief Woods | Chris Doar | BOT |
| Sat 18 April | Roche Abbey | Steve Price | LIC |
| Sun 19 April | Graves Park bird walk | Peter Mella | BIR |
| Tues 21 April | Padley Gorge woodlands | Stuart Davies | BIR |
| Thur 23 April | Millipede identification workshop | SIG | |
| Fri 24 April | Lightwood valley | Steve Orridge | SIG |
| Sat 25 April | Bat walk, Burngreave cemetery with FOBC | Bob Croxton | SMG |
| Sat 25 April | Whitwell Wood | Carol Hobart & Jean Glasscock et al | GEN |
| April tbc | Fungus microscopy workshop | Carol Hobart | FUN |
| MAY | |||
| Fri 1 May | Hayfield Valley | Jane Hewitt | BIR |
| Mon 4 May | Green Hairstreak survey | SIG | |
| Thur 7 May | Westend Valley | Derek Whiteley | SIG |
| Fri 8 May | Sheffield Lakelands | SIG | |
| Sat 9 May | Shillito Wood, Mosses and liverworts with NWNU | Joan Egan & Norman Bamforth | MOS |
| Sat 9 May | Beauchief nature park fun day with Beauchief Env Group | Jennie Hinton | GEN |
| Fri 15 May | Barnsley area tbc | Roger Butterfield | BOT |
| Tues 19 May | Shire Brook Valley | Stuart Davies | BIR |
| Wed 20 May | Council | ||
| Sun 24 May | Teversal North Notts | Ken Balkow | BOT |
| Thur 28 May | Wentworth Castle gardens | SIG | |
| Fri 29 May | Bradfield – twilight birds and bats | Bob Croxton | SMG/BIR |
| Sat 30 May | Potteric Carr Bioblitz | Jim Horsfall | GEN |
| May tbc | Riverside walk | Scott McKenzie | GEN |
| May tbc | Goyt valley with Tanyptera Trust | SIG | |
| JUNE | |||
| Sat 6 June | Digley Reservoir | Steve Price | LIC |
| Sun 7 June | Maltby Common | Chris Doar | BOT |
| Tues 16 June | Identifying moths workshop | Jane Hewitt | SIG |
| Tues 16/17 June | General cemetery | GEN | |
| Sat 20 June | Poulter Country Park | Jim Flanagan | SIG |
| Fri 26 June | Carr House meadows | Julie Riley | BOT |
| Sat 27 June | Barnsley | Roger Butterfield | BOT |
| JULY | |||
| Wed 1 July | Wentworth Castle gardens | SIG | |
| Thur 2 July | Swift walk, Bradwell | Sally Pereira | BIR |
| Thur 2 July | Priestcliffe Lees Nature Reserve | Steve Price | SIG |
| Sat 4 July | Long Dale | Steve Price | LIC |
| Sat 4 July | Dearne Valley Meadows Joint with YNU | GEN | |
| Mon 6 July | Lightwood | Steve Orridge | SIG |
| Fri 10 July | Woodhouse Washlands | Chris Doar | BOT |
| Tues 14 July | Greensides hay meadows | SIG | |
| Thur 16 July | Moss valley meadows with MVWG | Oliver Blensdorf | SIG |
| Fri 17 July | Sheffield lakelands | SIG | |
| Thur 23 July | Maltby Common YWT reserve | SIG | |
| Wed 29 July | Barnsley butterflies | SIG | |
| Thur 30 July | Treeton Dyke dragonflies | Alistair McLean | SIG |
| July tbc | Manor Lodge | Jean Glasscock | BOT |
| July tbc | Cheshire moorlands | SIG | |
| AUGUST | |||
| Wed 5 Aug | Summer social | Chris Kelly | FUN |
| Thur 6 Aug | Manton colliery | Derek Whiteley | SIG |
| Sat 8 August | Barnsley’s Western Moors | Roger Butterfield | GEN |
| Fri 14 Aug | Holbrook area | Jean Glasscock | BOT |
| Thur 20 Aug | River Dearne dragonflies | Alistair McLean | SIG |
| August tbc | Sprotborough Flash | SIG | |
| August tbc | Blackburn Meadows, joint with Sorby Breck Ringing Group | Bob Croxton | BIR |
| August tbc | Deep Dale | Jean Glasscock & Bob Clinging | GEN |
| SEPTEMBER | |||
| Thur 3 Sept | River Don bat walk | Alistair McLean | SMG |
| Wed 9 Sept | Graves Park, plant galls | Tom Higginbottom | BOT/SIG |
| Thur 10 Sept | Barnsley butterflies | SIG | |
| Fri 11 Sept | Chesterfield canal & Hollingwood hub | Julie Riley | BOT |
| Sun 20 Sept | Ulley Country Park | Ziggy Senkans | FUN |
| Thur 24 Sept | Council | ||
| Fri 25 Sept | Barnsley butterflies | SIG | |
| Sat 26 Sept | Rocher area | Chris Kelly & Jean Glasscock | BOT/FUN |
| Sept tbc | River Derwent bat walk | SMG | |
| OCTOBER | |||
| Sat 3 Oct | Skipwith Common | Steve Price | LIC / SIG |
| Sat 3 Oct | UK Fungus Day. venue tbc | Ziggy Senkans | FUN |
| Fri 9 Oct | Midhope reservoir | Julie Riley | BOT/FUN |
| Sat 10/Sun 11 Oct | Waxcap microscopy workshop | Rob Foster | FUN |
| Sun 11 Oct | Gillfield Wood live mammal trapping (with FOGW) | Val Clinging | SMG |
| Wed 14 Oct | Midweek mammals and birds | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| Sat 17 Oct | Joint meeting with Barnsley Nats | Roger Butterfield et al | FUN ? |
| Sun 18 Oct | Parkwood Springs live mammal trapping (with FOPS) | Val Clinging | SMG |
| Sun 18 Oct | Skipwith Common, fungi | FUN | |
| Wed 21 Oct | Millstones Wood & Whitwell Moor | Chris Kelly | FUN |
| Sat 24 Oct | Deep Pits, Manor Fields | Ziggy Senkans | FUN |
| Sun 25 Oct | Harvest mice, Worsbrough | Derek Whiteley | SMG |
| Mon 26 Oct | Burngreave cemetery | Ziggy Senkans | FUN |
| Thur 29 Oct | Shirtcliffe Valley with FOSV | Ziggy Senkans & Pat Howellls | FUN |
| Sat 31 Oct | AGM & Presidential address | GEN | |
| October tbc | Autumn slug hunt | SIG | |
| Autumn tbc | Harvest mice at Treeton | Bob Croxton | SMG |
| NOVEMBER | |||
| Sat 7 Nov | SIG at the D&NES exhibition | SIG | |
| Fri 13 Nov | Winter trees, Porter valley | Julie Riley | BOT |
| Sat 14 Nov | Gillfield Wood (with FOGW) | Chris Measures, Chris Kelly | FUN |
| Sat 14 Nov | Plant afternoon | BOT | |
| Wed 18 Nov | Midweek mammals and birds | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| Thur 19 Nov | Fungi Night | Chris Kelly & Ziggy Senkans | FUN |
| Wed 25 Nov | Where do camels belong? Lecture | Ken Thompson | GEN |
| DECEMBER | |||
| Wed 2 Dec | Sheffield Museum | Alistair McLean | MUS |
| Tues 8 Dec | The natural history of Christmas – Lecture | Patrick Harding | GEN |
| Wed 9 Dec | Council | ||
| Thur 17 Dec | SIG Christmas meeting | SIG | |
| Wed 30 Dec | Midweek mammals and birds | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| 2021 | |||
| JANUARY | |||
| Sat 9 Jan | Winter wander, Graves Park or Manor Fields Park | Chris Kelly & Ziggy Senkans | FUN |
| Wed 13 Jan | Midweek mammals and birds | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| Thur 21 Jan | Council | ||
| January tbc | Urban moss meeting | Joan Egan | MOS |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| Wed 17 Feb | Midweek mammals and birds | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| Sat 20 Feb | South Yorkshire Natural History Day | GEN | |
| Wed 24 Feb | Buxton Museum | Derek Whiteley | MUS |
| MARCH | |||
| Sat 6 March | SIG at Staffordshire Invertebrate Fair | SIG | |
| Wed 17 March | Midweek mammals and birds` | Derek Whiteley | SMG/BIR |
| Wed 24 March | Council | ||
| Sun 28 March | Mountain hare walk | Derek Whiteley | SMG |
| Wed 31 March | Cordwell Valley | Derek Whiteley | SIG |
| March tbc | Creswell Crags Visitor Centre | MUS | |
| Late March tbc | Porter valley | Steve Price | LIC |