Market Bosworth & District Natural History Society
About us
The Market Bosworth & District Natural History Society is a group of very active local natural history enthusiasts.
The Society enjoys a comprehensive programme of both indoor and outdoor meetings. In addition the Society also monitors a wildflower meadow on Bosworth Park.
The Society was formed in January 1976 by twenty two local natural history enthusiasts. During the inaugural meeting it was agreed that the aims of the Society should be:-
• To cover every aspect of natural history, and cater for all interests.
• To hold monthly indoor meetings, and outdoor meetings wherever possible.
• To make detailed investigations, with records, of particular sites.
During the intervening years the Society has held closely to these aims and has grown to a current membership of around seventy.
Read more about our trips and activities
Contact us
Telephone: 01455 824148
Email: jncrowley@btinternet.com
Indoor Meetings 2024
Details of the 2024 indoor meetings are given below. Visitors are always welcome. Meetings start at 7:30pm and will be held at St Peter's School, Station Road, Market Bosworth, CV13 0NP. Confirmation of the meeting details will be emailed to members shortly before the meeting. Visitors are asked to contact Prue Crowley (jncrowley@btinternet.com) to arrange for details to be sent to you.
For indoor meetings there is no charge for members (but there is an annual membership fee). Visitors are invited to make a donation, suggested amount £3.00.
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Tuesday January 16th |
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Tuesday February 27th - POSTPONED: to be rearranged later this year. Among his wildlife interests, Dave is a keen bird and moth recorder. His science background has led him to explore how birds and moths have a second pair of “eyes” that they use to deter predators. |
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Tuesday March 19th Dave lives on the doorstep of this reclaimed coal workings and his natural history interest has led to him having an intimate knowledge of the plants and creatures that have colonised the site. |
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Tuesday April 16th Following last year’s fascinating talk on otters, Derek is making a return visit to decode for us the signs in the countryside that mammals are in or have passed through an area. |
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Tuesday May 21st Ashdown Forest is the largest heathland in S.E. England, it has breeding redstarts and Dartford Warblers as well as rare flora. Lullington Heath on the South Downs contains acid loving plants growing on chalk. Sandwiched between the two areas is Knepp where the famous rewilding project is taking place. |
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Tuesday September 17th Leicestershire has many quarries both extracting hard road stone from ancient rocks and sand and gravels from the river valleys. Chris, who works for Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, will demonstrate how these old workings have become rich in wildlife. |
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Tuesday October 15th. Tricia, who runs the Warwickshire Bat Group, will talk to us about all aspects of these fascinating mammals. |
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Tuesday November 19th. Dave set up the nature recording site Naturespot and will give us a thought provoking presentation about promoting meadows where little in the way of wildlife exists and Kate will give a case study of what has been achieved on the verges and the churchyard at Peckleton. |
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Tuesday January 21st 2025. A review of 2024. |
Outings 2024
All dates are provisional, the final details of each outing will be announced at the preceding indoor meeting, and emailed to members before the outing. Visitors are always welcome.
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Saturday February 24th |
Rutland Water |
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Saturday March 23rd |
Urban walk in Leicester |
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Saturday April 20th |
Bagworth Heath |
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Saturday May 18th |
Sherwood Forest |
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Saturday June 15th |
Loughborough Big Meadow |
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Saturday July 13th/20th |
Butterfly transect/wildlife survey, Market Bosworth |
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Saturday August 10th/17th |
Moths & Brunch |
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Saturday September 21st |
TBC |
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Saturday October 12th |
Fungi Foray (we hope to join with the Fungi Group on their outing) |
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Saturday November 23rd |
Thornton Reservoir |
Indoor Meetings 2021
During the Covid restrictions, our meeting were delivered via Zoom and recorded. You are welcome to watch them using the links below.
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Tuesday January 19th: AGM and talk, |
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Tuesday February 23rd: |
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Tuesday March 16th: Beacon Hill |
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| Tuesday April 20th: The Great Fen: not just 20 years old Henry Stanier The latest news of a 50-year project to create a huge wetland area between Peterborough and Huntingdon. |
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Tuesday May 18th: Northern Spain & Southern Morocco Nick Crowley An entertaining insight into the scenery and natural history of two wild areas of Europe. |
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Tuesday September 21st: Fascinating Fungi |
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Tuesday October 12th: The Allerton Project |
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Tuesday November 16th: Leics & Rutland Swift Partnership |
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Tuesday January 18th 2022: AGM & Talk, The Wonderful World of Spiders |
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Indoor Meetings 2020
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Tuesday November 24th: |
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Tuesday December 8th: |
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