The Society holds regular indoor and outdoor meetings throughout the year. During the winter months, speakers are invited to the club to give entertaining talks on a wide variety of subjects, while in the summer months, field meetings are held at various locations where members can get to grips with the local wildlife.

All indoor meetings are held in the Quaker Meeting House, Thornhill Street, Wakefield, WF1 1NQ and commence at 7:30pm prompt. Annual membership is £10 per year.plus a £1 door fee. Visitors are welcome to attend any meeting but there is a £3 door fee per person.

All persons taking part in our field meetings do so at their own risk. Neither the Society or it’s officers will accept any responsibility for any injury, loss or damage howsoever sustained. Please wear suitable footwear for outdoor meetings and packed lunches are advisable on the more distant field trips.

2021 Meetings

Please note the change of day of the winter meetings until and including December

Momday  13th  September – Welcome back!

Our first meeting back since the COVID-19 pandemic. A chance to meet up again in person. Following the business, there will be a slide show by the president on British Wildlife photographed throughout lockdown.

Monday 11th October – Cortez to California – Ray Brown

Ray Brown takes us on a photographic adventure from Mexico to southern California

Monday 8th November  – Birding Canada’s Rocky Mountains and high plains – Mike Watson

Photographer Mike Watson takes us high into the Rockies and out to the plains for a variety of birds from the region, including the spectacular sage grouse

NB. This meeting may be changed at short notice

Monday 13th December  – 2018 BC – Ian Newton

York photographer and regular face at the club, Ina Newton, shows us his wildlife images taken in 2018 BC (before covid!) which will include images from his trip to Israel as well as his UK travels.

2022 Meetings

Please note the 2022 meetings revert to our regular slot of the second Tuesday in the month

Tuesday 11th January 2022  – Behaviour, life-cycle and ID of bees – Tom Aspinall

Naturalist Tom Aspinall presents his enthralling lecture on British bees.

Tuesday 8th February 2022  –  Hedgerows in the landscape – Catherine Artindale

Catherine Artindale describes how to identify and understand ancient hedgerows in our landscape based on her studies at Rockly, near Barnsley

Tuesday March 8th 2022 –  AGM followed by Ron Marshall

Our annual look at the accounts and running of the Society which is concluded in a very small amount of time so that we can enjoy a great lecture from a regular favourite, Ron Marshall

Tuesday April 12th 2022 – Members’ Night

The indoor meeting season closes with a selection of short presentations from our own membership. Always a great evening.