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Historical Photographs

Historical Photographs from the Archives

Coloured Photographs Various photos

Doncaster Microscopical Society at Roche Abbey (8 May 1884)

Doncaster Scientific Society at Askern 1924

Doncaster Scientific Society – Wilsic

Doncaster Scientific Society – Unknown Location 2

Doncaster Scientific Society – Unknown Location 3

Doncaster Scientific Society – Unknown Location 4

Doncaster Scientific Society – Under Conisbro’ Viaduct

Sandal Beat (1912)

Cadeby (1991)

Thorne Moor (1992)

A Joint meeting of the YNU and Doncaster Naturalists’ (2000)

New Junction Canal (2001)

Lime Kiln Lane, Stainton. (Oct 2003)

125 Years Celebrations at Doncaster Museum (2005)

Torne Wood (date unknown)

Sykehouse (do date)

St Catherine’s Railway Embankment, Woodfield (date?)

Bronze Age Trackway, Thorne Moors.

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

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Female hoverfly, Syrphus sp,17.9.23, Thorne Rd, on Ivy by Nora Boyle Crocallis elinguaria - Scalloped Oak - Kirk Smeaton

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Pyrochroa cocinea - Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, Austerfield. Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), Barrow Hills NR, Notts. Bluebottle,Calliphora vicina, Thorne Rd SE605055,on Ivy by Nora Boyle Doncaster Scientific Society Excursion Forget-me-not, Carolina Heath. Leucozona lucorum (Hoverfly), NWT Idle Valley NR. Snake’s Head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), Sandbeck Park. Photo. Musk Mallow (Malva moschata), Cadeby. Biston strataria - Oak Beauty, (normal and aberration), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Eclipyopera silaceata - Small Phoenix -Kirk Smeaton
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