Meet : 1.30pm at St Nicholas Church, Bawtry SK653 930 Post Code DN10 6JD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Bawtry#/map/0 Leaders : Jim Burnett & Colin Howes.  Parking : No appropriate car parks are available, so find street parking wherever you can. Background : This is part of our ongoing scheme to locate Harvest Mouse populations on all of the […]

The next meeting is Wednesday 29th October to Howell Wood Country Park, South Kirkby, for a fungal foray with Francis Hickenbottom. Meet at 10.30 in the car park S72 9EZ. Howell Wood Country Park is at the bottom of Burnt Wood Lane (postcode S72 9EZ). There’s parking available. The wood is at Brierly. There are good paths […]

The next meeting is this Saturday 11th October, a fungal foray to Lindholme. Here is a bit more information from Joyce: Fungal Foray at Lindholme with Kevin Gilfedder As usual, Kevin, our local expert, will lead us in a fungal extravaganza this year at Lindholme. Meet at 10.30 on the grass in front of Lindholme […]

The meeting on Tuesday to Fowlsyke Flash has been postponed due to ill health. Sorry about that, I will let you know when it is rearranged. Regards Margaret Prior

The next meeting is on Wednesday evening, a review of Nats meetings in the last year, here is a message from Joyce about it: First winter indoor meeting of Doncaster Naturalists Wednesday 1 October 7 pm Parklands Social Club This is our first indoor meeting, and the only one in the evening until March. Please […]

This weekend sees two meetings with the emphasis on plant galls.  If you want to learn from the experts then the Anston Stones Wood meeting is the one to go for as this is a meeting of members of the British Plant Gall Society. Saturday 27th September we shall visit Anston Stones Wood and park by the  Parish […]

Doncaster Naturalists’ Society Field Meeting to Conisborough Parks Pt. 3 Saturday 20th September 2025 Title: Conisborough Parks: Wildlife on the Solar Parks site (Pt 3). Leaders: Louise Hill and Colin Howes. Meet:1.30 pm at Hilltop Pub on the A630 at SK4958 9752 Post Code DN12 2AY. Call in to pub for refreshment to justify using car park. Aims: To […]

The next meeting is on Friday 12th September to Tickhill with Colin Howes. Meet at 1.30 p.m. at the cul-de-sac off Worksop Rd/Lindrick Rd SK58819283, DN11 9NQ. Colin intends to examine four of Tickhill’s interesting ginnels looking for wall ferns and other flora and fauna. The distance of the walk is 1.8 miles. Afterwards, if […]

The next meeting is on Saturday 6th September. Thorne Community Woodland (Formerly Bunting’s Wood) was developed as mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland over former arable land. We hope to become familiar with the site and provide preliminary species information for the Local Authority Biodiversity Database. Meet at 1:30pm in Car Park off Lock Lane, near […]

The next meeting is on Wednesday 27th August to Woodfield Country Park. Meet outside the entrance to St Catherine’s Hall at 1.30 p.m. Postcode DN4 8QP Park in either of three free car parks near the Hall. The leader is Colin Howes. Aims: To visit the Woodland Nature Trail through the perimeter plantation woodland, walk […]