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.
Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings at a charge of £3.
Moth trapping session Thursday 28 July
Meet in the car park at Stagshaw Gardens at 9:30pm
We are delighted to announce a moth trapping session in Skelghyll Woods, just above Stagshaw Gardens on the evening of Thursday 28 July, led by Rob Petley-Jones, with permission of the National Trust. We plan to be out for one to two hours. Rob will bring his powerful moth trapping set-up and tell us about the biology of the different species present
The moths will start flying after dark and the evening has been deliberate chosen to be close to the new moon – it is important to bring a good torch.
Free to members, non-members £3.
Our next talk will be on Thursday 13 October
Details to appear later
A guide to travel to Ambleside Campus can be found at this link with a campus map in the section on cycling.
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.
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.
Our programmes for the last three years are available at the heading tab. Below 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.
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.