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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Miscellaneous Correspondence

Miscellaneous Correspondence from the Archives

1885 June 12  Meeting of the ‘Otto Riders’.

1929 July 21 Letter from Edward A. Armstrong to Mr. Stiles regarding his visit to Stiles. Mentions his article ‘The Cuckoo’

Invitation from J Simmons (Hon. Sec. of the General Committee) for loan of exhibition items for a Conversazione.

2003 January 31 Copy of Letter to ‘Directorate of Development and Transport’ from Pip Seccombe regarding Woodfield Plantation

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

Gallery

Potteric Carr, 21 March 2026. Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup), Rossington Colliery Tip.

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Slideshow

Chinese Mitten Crab ? Cystolepiota bucknallii, Whitwell Wood, Derbyshire. Pluteus chrysophaeus - Yellow Shield, Anston Stones Wood. Jackdaw - Corvus monedula, RSPB Old Moor. David Gagg's Artwork - Feather Doncaster Scientific Society Excursion Pipizini sp. (?), Long Thwaite Wood. Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus (early instar), Potteric Carr Tritomegas bicolor - Pied Shieldbug (nymph), Austerfield. Phragmatobia fuliginosa - Ruby Tiger, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
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