Ryedale Natural History Society

Ryedale Natural History Society is based in Kirkbymoorside about 25 miles north of York, and holds indoor meetings in winter and runs field outings through the summer.

This site includes the following, and you will find many interesting articles in the Newsletters and Articles.

Online recording form for 2012 Record species seen in Ryedale. – see records for 2009 , 2010 and 2011.
Club News, Meetings etc. with Programme for 2011
Annual Newsletter for 2011 (2010 Reports) Previous years’ newsletters below
Reports of 2011 trips:
Beadale Wood, Dawn Chorus at Lowna, Hutton Common, South Gare & Saltholme, Gilling Woods Fungus Foray
Reports of 2010 trips:
Dawn Chorus at Cawthorne, Spring Flowers in Bransdale, Rievaulx Terrace & Ashberry, Sleightholmedale, Sykes (Grasses & BBQ), Duncombe Park (Fungus Foray)
Wildlife records from the Gilling area Current year’s records (in progress)
Wild Flowers including Pictures and Interactive Distribution Maps
“PlantFinder” list logger – with common and Latin names
Links to other Natural History sites

Newsletters and Trips from previous years

Annual Newsletters for 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1998

Reports of 2009 trips: Appleton Woods, Riccaldale bluebells, Hawnby spring migrants, Mugdale Botanical Recording, Robin Hood’s Bay, Fungus Foray at Yearsley

Reports of 2008 trips: Manor Vale (Dawn Chorus), Rosedale (Ring Ouzels), Forge Valley, Appleton, Nunnington (Daubenton’s bats), Moth trapping, Gilling Fungus Foray

Reports of 2007 trips: Lowna, Chafer Wood, Jeffry Bog, Nunnington, Garbutt Wood, Beadlam Rigg/Rollgate Bank, North Cave, Sandsend

Reports of 2006 trips: Birdsong, Skipwith Common, Botany Workshop, Costa Beck, Spurn Point

Reports of 2005 trips: Rievaulx, Shunner Howe, Upper Bransdale, Wykeham Moor (Fungi)

Reports of 2004 trips: Spaunton Moor, Puffin Cruise, Wharram and Fordon, Lichens at Bransdale, Castle Howard Arboretum

Reports of 2003 trips: Bransdale, Harome, Pry Rigg, Castle Howard (Bats), Wheldrake Ings, Fungus Foray at Rudland

Reports of 2002 trips: Eastmoors, Rudland, High Mowthorpe, Terrington

Reports of 2001 trips: Filey; Hutton Buscel

Reports of 2000 trips: Pry Rigg; Oldstead (YNU VC62); High Batts; Ellerburn; Tophill Low; Cropton forest Fungus Foray

Reports of 1999 trips: Skipwith Common; Kilburn; Burniston

Reports of 1998 trips: Bempton Cliffs; Howardian Hills; Malham Tarn; Ladhill Gill, Hawnby; Riccaldale Fungus Foray

Lists of meetings for previous years

Secretary: Tom Denney, Sykes House, Rudland, Kirkbymoorside, York.

For more information please email Tom Denney or Jim Pewtress or Gill Smith.