The Ambleside Natural History Society meets in a spirit of friendship and goodwill to share in all aspects of natural history, geology, the countryside, its scenery, its flora and fauna, its use, its buildings, its history, the activities of its inhabitants, etc. Almost nothing is excluded.
Members of the public are welcome to attend our meetings.
Next Meeting
27 JANUARY 2022
19:30
Ambleside Parish Centre
Annual Meeting
The Ambleside Natural History Society meets in a spirit of friendship and goodwill to share in all aspects of natural history, geology, the countryside, its scenery, its flora and fauna, its use, its buildings, its history, the activities of its inhabitants, etc. Almost nothing is excluded.
Members of the public are welcome to attend our meetings.
Next Meeting
27 JANUARY 2022
19:30
Ambleside Parish Centre
Annual Meeting
Come along and enjoy an relaxed evening with other members of ANHS
Programme:
- Jacob’s Join – bring finger food to share with others; a glass of wine will be provided
- A short formal meeting with chairman’s report and presentation of accounts for 2021
- Members’ best natural history slides from the lockdown – all are welcome to bring along a maximum of 10 slides to show
We are currently meeting in the Percival Lecture Theatre on the university campus to allow social distancing (see below for directions). Mask wearing is encouraged.
Our programmes for the last three years are available at the heading tab. At the bottom of this page you can find links to brief reports and photos of our field trips in May each year and what has now become the annual swift survey in Ambleside.
Local outdoor activities in July 2021
In July we held a couple of excellent outdoor activities for members.
Our 2021-2 programme is available from the tab at the top of the page.
The committee always welcomes suggestions for future talks; if you have suggestions for talks, comments on what we are doing or if you want to become a member email us at ambleside.nhs@gmail.com.
View map of Ambleside Campus
The Percival Lecture Theatre is in the Langdale Building, number 5 on the map.
The alternative venue is the Beehive, building number 2 on the map.
If you turn in at The Armitt Museum, park in the car parks at the bottom of the hill (free in the evenings) then walk up the hill. The Beehive is the single storey building on your right, the Langdale Building is slightly further, up the steps to the flat area and is again on your right.
Swifts in Ambleside
Following a talk on swifts to ANHS by Peter Moreton in April 2019, Pete Martin set up a small group to monitor swifts and their nest sites in Ambleside each summer.
Click on the links to read Pete’s reports of their observations.
Come along and enjoy an evening with
Discover how the South Cumbria Bat Group used remote monitoring devices to find out if UK bats could inhabit the harsh mountainous regions of the county.
We are currently meeting in the Percival Lecture Theatre on the university campus to allow social distancing (see below for directions). Mask wearing is encouraged.
Our programmes for the last three years are available at the heading tab. At the bottom of this page you can find links to brief reports and photos of our field trips in May each year and what has now become the annual swift survey in Ambleside.
Local outdoor activities in July
In July we held a couple of excellent outdoor activities for members.
Our series of talks for the 2020-21 season is now over. We thank all those who attended via Zoom and hope that you enjoyed the programme. Our 2021-2 programme is available from the tab at the top of the page.
The committee always welcomes suggestions for future talks; if you have suggestions for talks, comments on what we are doing or if you want to become a member email us at ambleside.nhs@gmail.com.
View map of Ambleside Campus
The Percival Lecture Theatre is in the Langdale Building, number 5 on the map.
The alternative venue is the Beehive, building number 2 on the map.
If you turn in at The Armitt Museum, park in the car parks at the bottom of the hill (free in the evenings) then walk up the hill. The Beehive is the single storey building on your right, the Langdale Building is slightly further, up the steps to the flat area and is again on your right.
Swifts in Ambleside
Following a talk on swifts to ANHS by Peter Moreton in April 2019, Pete Martin set up a small group to monitor swifts and their nest sites in Ambleside each summer.
Click on the links to read Pete’s reports of their observations.