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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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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 – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 26 June 2026 to Brockadale 22 June 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 17th June 2026 at Mount Pleasant Hotel on Bawtry Rd. 12 June 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 3rd June 2026 Carolina Heath, Lakeside, Doncaster 29 May 2026

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Pansy Diastrophus rubin - Cigar stem Gall, Roche Abbey

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Black-headed Gull, Adwick Washlands. 1. Micro moth leaf miner Stigmella aurella, Kings Wood Crane - Thorne Moor Walnut gall underside - Woodfield Park 2. Lindrick Golf Course (1 April 2026).
Chorthippus albomarginatus - Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Bentley Common Wood Arctia caja - Garden Tiger, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Lakeside, Doncaster. Cerura vinula - Puss Moth, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Dryobotodes eremita - Brindled Green, Austerfield.
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