The Yorkshire Mammal Group



2010 Date Subject
7 January "How Can Reproductive Biology Research Contribute to Conservation of African Mammals ?"
Prof. Robert Millar, Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals
16 January Tropical World, Prince's Avenue, Roundhay Park, Leeds, LS8 1DF
Meet at 10.30am - meerkats, fruit bats, spiny mice and more
4 February AGM and Members' Evening with Owl Pellet Analysis
28 February A Walk in The Wolds - Londesborough, north of Market Weighton, grid ref. SE878439
Meet at 10.30am in car park south of Londesborough Park next to A614
4 March "Brown Hares and Rabbits in North Yorkshire - Bucking The Trend"
Silviu Petrovan, University of Hull
14 March Mad March Hares - A Walk in Bilsdale, grid ref. SE559994
Meet at 10.30am in car park south of Chop Gate next to B1257
8 April "Mapping Mammals in North Yorkshire: How Birds Can Help"
Dr. Geoff Oxford
"Harvest Mice"
Ann Hanson
6 May North Sea Marine Mammals: Species and Conservation
Anthony Hurd, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
12 June Dormouse Box Check - north of Ripon
Meet at 9.00am in West Tanfield village hall car park north of Ripon on A6108
26 June Robert Fuller Gallery - Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale, Malton, YO17 9LS
Meet at 10.00am at Gallery; falconry display; afternoon walk
17 July Small Mammal Survey - Rodley Nature Reserve, 4 miles west of Leeds
9.30am - from A6120 Leeds ring road take A657 to Rodley
14 August Dormouse Box Check - north of Ripon
Meet at 9.00am in West Tanfield village hall car park north of Ripon on A6108
3,4,5 Sep Small Mammal Survey - Hopewell House Farm, Knaresborough
Set 6pm on 3,4; check 9.30am on 4,5 - jnc. A59/B6164 to end of Chain Lane, right onto Park Lane, under railway bridge to farm
5 October Wildlife Rehabilitation in North Yorkshire
Jean Thorpe, Ryedale Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
9 October Small Mammal Survey - Nosterfield Nature Reserve
Meet at 9.30am in nature reserve car park SE278796. A6108 north of Ripon; right in West Tanfield; left into Moor Lane; reserve half mile on left
24 October Dormouse Box Check - north of Ripon
Meet at 9.00am in West Tanfield village hall car park north of Ripon on A6108
2 November Shetland Otters Revisited
Gordon Woodroffe
14 November Walk - Buckden in Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales, grid ref. SD942774
Meet at 10.30am in car park. A6160 north of Bolton Abbey; end of village on right.
7 December Making Monitoring Count: why monitoring mammals properly is vital for their conservation
Phil Wheeler
12 December Walk - Rosedale Abbey, North York Moors, grid ref. SE724959
CANCELLED due to U.K.'s inability to cope with winter.

Indoor evening meetings from October 2010 will be held on Tuesdays at the Black Swan, Peasholme Green, York, at 7.00 p.m..

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