Haslemere Natural History Society

Providing a focus for enthusiastic naturalists of all ages

Indoor Meetings

Winter Talks

Meetings are held at Haslemere Educational Museum, High Street, Haslemere and with the exception of the AGM, are open to both Museum and Natural History Society members without charge. 
Click here for directions to Haslemere Museum.

Guests are always welcome, and the Society would be grateful for a donation of £4.00 from non-members.

Events

Our winter talks recommence in the autumn.

Ants, Bees and Wasps: Over 600 UK species – and counting!

Date: 10 January 2026
Time: 14.15

Speaker: Mike Edwards (Entomologist)

An introduction to the aculeate Hymenoptera and their life histories. Many of the species illustrated could be in your garden: how to start recognising them.

Honey-buzzards and Hawfinches

Date: 14 February 2026
Time: 14.15

Speaker: Mark Mallalieu (Trustee of the Sussex Wildlife Trust.)

Mark has a particular interest on scarce woodland birds and has authored or co-authored a number of papers on birds of Sussex.

Pan-species Listing – How to Become a Super-Naturalist

Date: 14 March 2026
Time: 14.15

Speaker: Graeme Lyons (professional ecologist and author)

Graeme will take us on a sweeping tour of 38 taxonomic groups from cnidarians to beetles, from lichens to arachnids, as described in his book of this title.

Annual General Meeting followed by an illustrated talk: The Rare Reptiles and Amphibians on the Heaths around Haslemere

Date: 11 April 2026
Time: 14.15

Speaker: Rob Free (Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)

A tour of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation’s ongoing work to conserve, protect and reintroduce rare Smooth Snakes, Sand Lizards and Natterjack Toads.

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