About The Club

 

The Whitby Naturalists` Club was established in 1913 and is open to anyone who is interested in Natural and Local History and Archaeology.  We have a number of Interest Group these being: Botany, Entomology (Insects), Fungi, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibia, Sea and Shore Life, Ornithology (Birds), Geology and Archaeology and Local History, our members range from being interested beginners to specialists in their chosen field

 

The Aims and Activities of the Club shall consist of:

 

Field meetings and visits to places of interest
Lectures and the reading of papers
The recording of facts relating to natural and local history and archaeology
The exhibition of specimens
Environmental conservation
The maintenance of a library of books, maps, films and tapes pertinent to the activities of the Club.

 

Club Activities

 

Meetings and Field trips

 

Between October and late February with a break in December, there is a programme of illustrated lectures held every Saturday afternoon in the Normanby Room at the museum in Pannett Park: the meeting starts at 2.0pm and normally finishes about 3.30 Each of the Interest Groups is covered and the lectures are given both by our members and external specialists.  The programme of meetings is sent to members during August and is also available to view on the EVENTS web page: visitors to these meetings are welcome – a fee of £1 is charged, so why not select a talk that is of interest to you and come along to learn more about us.

Between early May and Late September, there are a number of field excursions, both half day and full days to varied locations and catering for interests across the group: where possible, we are trying to link the winter lecture programme topics to these trips.  The programme is circulated to members during March and may also be viewed on the EVENTS web page

 

Workshops

 

We have recently started to run a series of one day workshops on topics selected from the Natural History interest groups with the aim of providing learning opportunities and practical help to those members and non members who are both interested and wish to build on their existing knowledge.  The current programme, fixed until May 2012, plans a one day event approximately each calendar month to be held on a Saturday between 10.0am and 4.0pm: details of each workshop are posted onto the website 4 weeks prior to it taking place.

 

Club Rules

If you wish to read the of the Club, click on the link to look at the Rules web page