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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Archive

Publications

Contents of Cupbpoard at Museum

Update on Contents of Cupboard at Museum (March 2025)

DNS Archive Cupboard

Notes on the Doncaster Naturalists’ Society Microscopes

More Notes on the DNS Microscope (March 2025)

Archive Catalogue Sept 2025

Records rescued from Colin’s old office at the Museum.

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Tuesday 12th May 2026 1.30 am to Went Hills 9 May 2026
  • Next Meeting – Sunday May 10th 2026 at Thorpe Marsh NNR for Spring Walk 4 May 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 7th May 2026 to Kings Wood & Gally Hills 4 May 2026
  • Next Meeting – Sunday May 3rd 2026 Dawn Chorus 4.30 am 29 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Sunday 26th April 2026 to Rossington Colliery Tip 21 April 2026

Gallery

Wigeon (f), Adwick Washlands. Falcaria lacertinaria - Scalloped Hook-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

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Slideshow

Phalera bucephala - Buff-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Linnet, NWT Slaynes Lane. Female hoverfly, Syrphus sp,17.9.23, Thorne Rd, on Ivy by Nora Boyle Red-eyed damselfly,(female), Erythromma najas. - John Scott's Farm. Philodromus agg., Brook Walk, North Anston. Buzzard, (Buteo buteo), Austerfield. Tetramesa hyalipennis on Common Reed, Angler's Country Park. Cyclophora punctaria - Maiden's Blush - Kirk Smeaton Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer, Cusworth Hall & Park Remote Sedge (Carex remota).
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