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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

28th January – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve

30th January – CNHS talk

4th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Wandlebury

6th February – CNHS talk

10th February – CGS talk Railway Quaternary Geology Dr Sebastian Gibson

11th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve

13th February – CNHS talk

14th February – CBC talk Wildlife in Finnmark Jeff Blincow

18th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Wandlebury

20th February – CNHS talk

25th February – CPPF Volunteer work party, Coton Countryside Reserve

26th February – CPPF Guided walk at Wandlebury

27th February – CNHS talk

6th March – CNHS talk

10th March – CGS talk Crossrail Construction Dr Ursula Lawrence

13th March – CNHS talk

14 March – CBC talk & AGM Title to be confirmed Mark Avery

20th March – CNHS talk

23rd March – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

29th March – CFG excursion

14th April – CGS talk Shooting Stars and Space Rocks Paul Fellows

26th April – CFG excursion

27th April – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

12th May – CGS talk Unravelling the glacial history of Eastern England Prof Phil Gibbard

28th May – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

31st May – CFG excursion

9th June – CGS talk Landscapes and environments of long ago Mike Tuke

18th June – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

28th June – CFG excursion

16th July – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

19th July – CFG excursion

10th August – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

30th August – CFG excursion

14th September – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

12th October – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

8th November – CNHS field studies Coe Fen

27th September – CFG excursion

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
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
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