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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Items recovered from Colin’s old office in Museum

Schedule of items recovered.

Press Cuttings (being photocopies of pages from various newspapers taken from ????)

Peter Skidmore’s Art

An Original Manuscript “Notes on British Spiders” by W. Robinson (1892)

Peter Skidmore’s letter “The Ecological Importance of the Trees and Shrubs of Sandall Beat”

A Letter (with list) from Stuart Foster to Hugh (1983)

St Michael’s Rectory Garden (Pip’s species list 1997-99)

West Yorkshire Flowering Plants by A. A. Dalman

Recent Posts

  • 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
  • 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

Gallery

Lactarius-pallidus-Pale-Milkcap-8659 Acronicta tridens psi agg - Grey or Dark Dagger, Austerfield.

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Slideshow

Nola cucullatella - Short-cloaked Moth, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Platycis minutus mating pair, Sherwood Forest CP. Notts. Meeting Report 1886 October - Page 2 of 4 Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria, Woodall to Wales Bridle Path. Sowthistle Tephritis - Tephritis formosa, Went Reserve (12 May 2026). Green-winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio), Haxey. Apamea sordens - Rustic Shoulder-knot, Doncaster trap Mycena archangeliana, Lound, Notts. Coprinus micaceus - Glistening Inkcap, Barrow Hills NR, Notts. Orthosia populeti - Lead-coloured Drab, (female), Austerfield.
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