Indoor Meeting

Dr Andrew Swan, HNHS PresidentTo ensure that the Zoom procedure would run smoothly for the Winter Talks to be held in November 2020 and January, February and March in 2021, our President, Andy Swan, said he would give a power-point presentation.  The subject was “The Haslemere Flora Project,” his own project, and was held on […]

Dr Nikki Gammans FRES, Project Manager, Short-haired bumblebee introductionThis PowerPoint presentation was presented on Zoom. 26 members logged on. Dr Gammans was one of the writers of “Bumblebees – an Introduction.”There are 278 species of bees in UK of which 250 are solitary bees, one species is the non-native honey bee and 27 species of […]

Dr Colin Ryall, retired Principal Lecturer in Environmental Management - Kingston University, LondonThis was held on Zoom with 42 people logging on.An alien species is one that has been introduced by man to a new location for form a self-sustaining population. In UK there are more than 3000 non-native plants and animals, with about 40% being […]

Dr. Tony Whitbread, President Sussex Wildlife TrustThe talk was held on Zoom with 32 people logging on. Tony (formerly CEO of Sussex Wildlife Trust, now President) accompanied his talk with beautiful wildlife photographs from the Trust.During the three national lock-downs nature seemed to be recovering and people noticed more wildlife. All around the word skies […]

Rupert Soskin, Professional Photographer and AuthorRupert, nature photographer, presenter and naturalist, gave a virtual Zoom presentation from his home in southern France to 30 participants. His book entitled “Metamorphosis” took three years to write.In his study he has photographed sequences of instars of various insects by providing controlled, precise environmental conditions (light, heat, humidity). His […]

Ian White, Dormouse and Training Officer, People's Trust for Endangered Species23 members logged on to Ian’s presentation on Zoom.Ian manages the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme and has developed training courses for volunteers as a licence is needed to check this protected species (they are on the Biodiversity Action Plan list). Dormice are a key indicator […]

Professor Mark W. Chase FRS, retired Senior Researcher, The Royal Botanic Gardens, KewThis was held as a Zoom presentation with 26 members logging on.Cone-bearing plants first appeared 350 million years ago, whereas flower-bearing plants evolved later at 150 million years ago. There are no intermediates, so it is not known how flowers came to be.Wind-pollinated […]