This listing has been compiled from a variety of sources. As there may be last-minute changes, checking with the organisers is recommended. There are links where appropriate with the event and in the list of organisations at the end of the diary.
CNHS talks are held in the David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, usually in the Main Seminar Room. There will be people by the main reception from about 6:00 to direct visitors to the correct location.
Please note there is no car parking near the David Attenborough Building on the New Museums Site but the Grand Arcade car park is very nearby and, I believe, free after 6 p.m. There are cycle racks.
Talks start punctually at 6:45 p.m. with tea/coffee available beforehand. ALL WELCOME, ADMISSION FREE.
Most CNHS talks are also available via Zoom. Details will be sent to those on the CNHS mailing list. You can join the list simply by emailing cnhs_mailings-join@cnhs.org.uk and you will then get emails back from the system telling you what to do next. Similarly to unsubscribe all you have to do is email cnhs_mailings-leave@cnhs.org.uk and again follow the instructions. Please make sure that your spam filter (yahoo email addresses in particular) does not reject the messages.
20th March – CNHS talk Natural materials for musical instruments Jim Woodhouse, preceded by CNHS AGM at 6:30
23rd March – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
29th March – CFG excursion Churchyards
31st March – CWT talk The joy of insect watching William Foster
14th April – CGS talk Shooting Stars and Space Rocks Paul Fellows
19th April – CNHS 106th Conversazione
26th April – CFG excursion Hayley Wood
27th April – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
28th April – CWT talk Regenerative farming for biodiversity conservation in the East Anglian Fens Neil Mahon
4th May – FoLM Dawn Chorus bird walk
12th May – CGS talk Unravelling the glacial history of Eastern England Prof Phil Gibbard
13th May – CFG excursion Waterbeach New Town
26th May – CWT guided walk Bats at Byron’s Pool
28th May – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
1st June – CFG excursion
9th June – CGS talk Landscapes and environments of long ago Mike Tuke
17th June – CFG excursion
17th June – CWT walk Madingley Grounds, with Richard Gant
18th June – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
28th June – CFG excursion
30th June – CWT guided walk Chalk grassland flowers at East Pit
6th July – FoLM Small Mammal trapping
8th July – CFG excursion
16th July – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
19th July – CFG excursion Wicken Fen Vision area
28th July – CWT guided walk Glow-worms at East Pit
10th August – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
25th August – CWT guided walk Bats at Paradise
30th August – CFG excursion
14th September – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
27th September – CFG excursion
29th September – CWT talk Title to be confirmed Matt Hayes
12th October – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
27th October – CWT talk Public engagement in the Museum of Zoology Roz Wade
8th November – CNHS field studies Coe Fen
24th November – CWT talk
Abbreviations, with links to the organisations’ websites where details of events can be found:
ARUWS – Anglia Ruskin University Wildlife Society
BDS – British Dragonfly Society
BSBI – Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
CAS – Cambridge Antiquarian Society
CBG – Cambridge Bryological Group
CBC – Cambridgeshire Bird Club
CBKA – Cambridgeshire Beekeepers’ Association
CCF – Cambridge Conservation Forum
CFG – Cambridgeshire Flora Group. Meetings mostly start at 10am. Dates provisional
CGS – Cambridgeshire Geological Society
CLG – Cambridge Lichen Group – contact Louise Bacon.
CNH – Cabinet of Natural History seminars
CPERC – Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Environmental Records Centre
CPPF – Cambridge Past, Present & Future Booking is usually required
CPS – Cambridge Philosophical Society
CUMS – CU Mycological Society
CUNS – CU Nature Society
CUWCS – CU Wildlife Conservation Society
CUPS – CU Physics Society
CUSS – Cambridge University Scientific Society
CUVZS – CU Veterinary Zoological Society.
CVF – Cam Valley Forum
CWT – Cambridge city group of the Wildlife Trust
FoLM –Friends of Logans Meadow
FRRFD – Friends of the Roman Road and Fleam Dyke
FoCB – Friends of Cherry Hinton Brook
FoSC – Friends of Stourbridge Common
Froglife – Froglife
FSM – Friends of the Sedgwick Museum
HFFS – Hunts Flora and Fauna Society
SCFG – South Cambs Fungus Group
RC – Rivercare
RSPB – Cambridge RSPB local group
SHNH – Society for the History of Natural History
TC – Transition Cambridge
WT – other Wildlife Trust events
Past events
1st January – New Year Plant Hunt
7th January – CPPF Volunteer work party, Wandlebury
8th January – CPPF walk Once around Wandlebury
10th January – CBC talk European Wildlife Roadshow Paul Alistair Collins
13th January – CGS Members’ talks and New Year Social
14th January – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve
15th January – CPPF Winter tree walk at Wandlebury
21st January – CPPF Volunteer work party, Wandlebury
23rd January – CNHS talk Insect conservation: conserving the little things that run the world Ed Turner
27th January – CWT talk Using Museums to understand long-term change Ed Turner, preceded by AGM
28th January – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve
30th January – CNHS talk The marine world Frances Dipper
3rd February – CAS talk Linton in context: a Granta valley landscape Rachel Clarke
4th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Wandlebury
6th February – CNHS talk Alice Hibbert-Ware and the Little Owl Food Enquiry (1936-7) Max Long
7th February – Film FOLM screening “Pure Clean Water” Book via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pure-clean-water-fundraiser-to-support-the-friends-of-logans-meadow-tickets-1119072258249?aff=oddtdtcreator
10th February – CGS talk Railway Quaternary Geology Dr Sebastian Gibson
11th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve
13th February – CNHS talk Squirrels of the British Isles: Red, Grey and Black! Helen McRobie
14th February – CBC talk Wildlife in Finnmark Jeff Blincow
18th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Wandlebury
20th February – CNHS talk Great Fen: Progress on the peat Henry Stanier
24th February – CWT talk Why is the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Area so Special? Brian Eversham
25th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve
26th February – CPPF Guided walk at Wandlebury
27th February – CNHS talk CNHS field studies 2024 Jonathan Shanklin and Duncan Mackay
3rd March – CAS talk The foods of the wood: The animals of Must Farm Vida Rajkovaca
6th March – CNHS talk The history of forests Charles Turner
10th March – CGS talk Crossrail Construction Dr Ursula Lawrence
13th March – CNHS talk The Cambridgeshire Bird Club – 1925 – 2025: a century of bird watching Bob Jarman
14th March – FoLM Amphibians evening
14th March – CBC talk & AGM Title to be confirmed Mark Avery
15th March – CAS Spring Conference Villages in Archaeological and Historical Perspective