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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 – 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

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Avocet, RSPB Adwick Washlands. David Gagg - Ears & Arse

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3 From Miller (1750) Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens Clitocybe-gibba-Common-Funnel-7-1 Black-tailed Godwit, RSPB Adwick Washlands. DSS Winter Programme 1943-44 6 and half inch Reflector with Astrographic Camera Tetragnatha montana, YWT Denaby Ings (9/6/2021) Achlya flavicornis - Yellow Horned, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Habrosyne pyritoides - Buff Arches - Kirk Smeaton Gastrophysa viridula - Leaf Beetle
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