Doncaster Naturalists' Society

Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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    • Order – Coleoptera – Beetles
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    • Order – Araneae
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Doncaster Scientific Society

Historical Archives

The archive cupboard at the museum.

Minute Books

Field Meetings 1982-1993 Record Book

A list of Papers read at meetings

Archived Newspaper Cuttings

Programme Cards as issued to members

Field Meeting & Reports

The Ben Burrell Archive
The Ben Burrell Collection of Programme Cards (1931-1976)
Ben Burrell in the News – 1968
Ben Burrell Collection of Photographs

Publications from the Archives (1884-19240

Other Local Interest Publications from the Archive

Past Presidents

Past Secretary

List of Honorary Members

Officials of the Doncaster Naturalist’s’ Society (1931-1976)

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Occasional Newsletters

A List of Conversazione Promotional Leaflets

Items Recovered From Colin’s Old Office in Museum

Other items awaiting to be relocated within the Archive

Dr. R. Angus Smith, The Development of Living Germs in Water
Various Water Reports (Grange, Hooton Brook, Hexthorpe, Falconar’s)

Contemporary Newspaper Reports

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Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Sunday 26th April 2026 to Rossington Colliery Tip 21 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 20th April 2026 to Broomhill Flash 10:30am 14 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 8 April 2026 to Owston at 1.30 pm 7 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 3rd April 2026 at 6.30pm Thorpe Marsh nature reserve. 1 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 26th March at Parklands Club 7-9.30pm. 24 March 2026

Gallery

Atolmis rubricollis - Red-necked Footman, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile), Tansley Dale, Derbyshire.

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Bluebell wood at John Scott's farm. Gymnopus confluens - Clustered Toughshank, Clumber Park NT, Notts. Stonechat, Blacktoft Sands RSPB. Wasp Beetle, Clytus arietis, Chesterfield Canal near Wiseton Yellow Wagtail, Hatfield. Paidiscura pallens, Bawtry Forest (31 March 2026) Elephant Hawk-moth and Small Elephant hawk-moth comparison, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Anorthoa munda - Twin-spotted Quaker, Austerfield. Eilema depressa - Buff Footman, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Craniophora ligustri - The Coronet, Austerfield.
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