OLD EVENTS

2012
January 1 - CNHS field study
January 2 - CPPF Coton Walk
January 5 - CCF Annual Symposium
January 9 - CGC talk, Philip Gibbard on Stratigraphy 'Tertiary: Survival of the fittest'
January 15 - CBG excursion, Fleam Dyke
January 16 - CNHS Council meeting
January 25 - CWT talk, Brian Eversham on Ants
January 28 - CBG excursion the Stowe estate
February 1 - BioSoc talk, Tim Clutton-Brock on the Evolution of animal societies
February 2 - CNHS talk, Vince Lea, Louise Bacon & Merlin Fox on "50 years of conservation"
February 9 - CNHS talk, Dick Newell on Keeping the skies alive with swifts
February 10 - CBC talk, Peter Holden on Birds - a hidden world
February 11 - CPPF Birdbox day at Wandlebury
February 11 - CCF Spring Ceilidh
February 12 - CBG excursion, Orton Pit - Cancelled
February 13 - CGC talk, Fausto Ferraccioli on TBA
February 16 - CNHS talk, Clive Nuttman on "Come and get me! How plants attract their pollinators"
February 23 - CNHS talk, Keri Russell & Simon Ward on Mill Road Cemetery
February 25 - CBG excursion, Great Fen and Woodwalton Fen
February 26 - CNHS excursion to Madingley Wood
February 29 - CWT talk, Peter Pilbeam on Searching for Snow Leopards in southern Siberia
March 7 - BioSoc talk, Jenny Clack on The earliest tetrapods: What were they and what are they ?
March 8 - CNHS talk, Peter Friend on Understanding Landscapes - the Challenge of East Anglia
March 11 - CBG excursion, Chalkney Wood
March 12 - CGC talk, David Bridgland on The Pleistocene Geology and Fauna of the Thames Valley
March 15 - CNHS talk, John Holden on The myxomycetes: a life of slime  (Poster)
March 22 - CNHS evening visit to Sedgwick Museum (Poster)
March 23 - SGHT lecture, Alastair Fothergill on the making of "Frozen Planet"
March 24 - CBG excursion, Old Weston
March 25 - CNHS field study, Trumpington Meadows
March 28 - CWT talk, Peter Walker on Gamlingay Wood
March 28 - CPhilSoc talk, Jane Francis on When Antarctica was green: fossil plants reveal Antarctica's climate history.
March 28 - Friends of the Roman Road and Fleam Dyke AGM.  
April 1 - CPPF guided walk at Coton, 11am
April 12 - CNHS talk, Paul Read on East Anglian orchard biodiversity  (Poster)
April 14 - CFG meeting, Kirtling
April 14 - SCFG meeting, Wandlebury
April 16 - CNHS Council meeting
April 16 - CGC talk, Marie Edmonds on 'A lot of hot air: volcanic eruptions and their climate impacts'
April 19 - April 19 - AGM & Presidential Address, 7pm  Draft minutes of 2011 AGM / Draft agenda for 2012 AGM / Accounts for 2011 / Programme Secretary's Report / (poster).  
April 22 - CNHS field study, Trumpington Meadows (Poster)
April 23 - FoCB walk, Burnside 6:30pm
April 25 - CWT talk, Val Perrin on The Dragonflies of Cambridgeshire
April 26 - WT walk at Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits, 6:30pm
April 29 - CNHS excursion to Portholme Meadow, lead by Pat Doody (Poster)   (background information) (Species list) (Paper on the Meadow)
May 5 - CFG meeting, Lord's Bridge
May 10 - CNHS excursion to Guided Busway landscape and ecological mitigation areas
May 10 - CPPF guided walk at Coton, 6pm
May 10 - SCI talk, Ian Mercer on The inner beauty of crystals.  
May 12 - FoSC guided walk lead by Brian Eversham
May 14 - CGC talk, Peter Friend on The geology and landscape of Scotland
May 19 - EPSO "Fascination of Plants Day at the Botanic Garden
May 19 - CPPF Tree Festival at Wandlebury, 11am
May 20 - CNHS excursion to Lackford Lakes
May 24 - CCF summer social, Shepreth Wildlife Park, 6pm
May 30 - CWT Bat walk at Byron's Pool, 8:45pm
May 31 - CNHS field study, Trumpington Meadows
June 6 - Transit of Venus
June 7 - CNHS excursion to Nine Wells LNR
June 9 - CPERC recording at Waterbeach Barracks
June 9 - CPPF Plantlore walk at Coton, 2pm
June 11 - CGC talk, TBA
June 15 - 16 - CNHS Conversazione
June 21 - CCF Summer Symposium
June 22 - 23 - CU BioBlitz, Botanic Garden
June 23 - CFG meeting, Hauxton and Haslingfield
June 24 - CPPF walk at Coton, 1pm
June 27 - CWT Chalk grassland flowers at East Pit, 7:30pm
June 28 - CNHS field study, Trumpington Meadows
June 30 - CPPF Mammal day at Wandlebury (For Children)
July 7/8 - CNHS/BSBI weekend in Holt
July 14 - CPPF Wildlife Safari at Coton, 10am
July 19 - CNHS field study, Trumpington Meadows
July 21 - CFG meeting, Wimblington gravel pits
July 23 - CPPF Scramble at Coton, 6pm
July 25 - CWT Glow worm walk, East Pit. 10:00pm at the Robin Hood
August 4 - BSBI Field Meeting, Cambridge
August 5 - CNHS excursion to Newmarket Heath
August 11 - CFG meeting Foul Anchor and Parson Drove
August 16 - CNHS field study, Trumpington Meadows
August 25 - CPPF Beginners bats at Wandlebury
August 25 - 27 - Fenland Country Fair, Stow cum Quy
August 29 - CWT Bat walk at Paradise, 8:00pm
September 6 - CPPF Countryside scramble at Coton
September 8 - CNHS excursion to RSPB Fen Drayton
September 9 - SCFG foray to Waterbeach Airfield
September 10 - WT Bat Walk, Cherry Hinton
September 19 - RSPB talk, Richard Revels on The Trials of Life of Butterflies
September 22 - CFG meeting, Guilden Morden & Steeple Morden
September 22 - CPPF Tree identification day at Wandlebury
September 23 - CNHS field study (lichens), Trumpington Meadows
September 26 - CWT talk, George Cottam on Brampton Wood
September 29 - Cambridgeshire Bird Club conference, Cottenham VC
September 30 - CBG excursion Gransden and Waresley Wood
October 4 - CNHS talk, Ed Turner on Conserving the small things that run the world
October 6 - CPPF Apple and Orchard day at Wandlebury
October 6 - SCFG foray to Maulden Woods
October 11 - CNHS talk, Jean Sinclair on Using maps and GPS
October 13 - CBG excursion to Therfield and Barkway
October 14 - CNHS fungal foray to Magog Down
October 16 - CUSS talk, John Emsley on Molecules of Murder
October 17 - BioSoc talk, Enrico Coen on "Leaves, loops and Leonardo: The generation of biological forms
October 15 - 19 - National Biology Week
October 19 - CNHS talk, Helene Davies on "What is a fungal foray".  NB This talk is on a Friday.
October 20 - CNHS fungal foray to the Botanic Garden
October 20 - SCFG foray to Gault Wood
October 20 - CPPF Guided walk at Coton
October 21 - CNHS field study (fungi), Trumpington Meadows
October 21 - HFFS foray to Brampton Wood
October 23 - Film "Shellshocked" St Catz, 17:30
October 25 - CNHS talk, Bob Headland on Exotic mammals in the Antarctic region
October 25 - HFFS talk, Trevor Gunton on Penguins, Ice Cream & Polar Bears
October 27 - SCFG foray to Holme Fen
October 27 - CLG excursion to Knapwell
October 28 - CBG excursion to Coates and Turves fenland
October 28 - Cambridge Conservation Volunteers 50th anniversary celebratory work party at Hayley Wood
October 30 - CBC talk, Richard Thomas on Bird & mammal trade: everything you ever wanted to know about CITES
October 31 - CWT talk, Ed Turner on Jungle Fever: the trials and tribulations of running a research project in the rainforest
October 28 - November 3 - Cambridge Drawing Society Autumn Art Exhibition
November 3 - CNHS excursion to Old Sulehay
November 3 - CCF Annual Conservation Working Party at Hayley Wood
November 4 - SCFG foray to Wicken Fen
November 7 - Cambridgeshire Bat Group talk in St Ives
November 7 - BioSoc talk, Charles Godfray on Using selfish genes to reduce malaria
November 8 - CNHS talk, Olwen Williams on Dung pats, flies and farmers
November 9 - CBC talk, Benedict Gove on Earth, wind and fire: potential impacts of renewable energy on wildlife in the UK
November 10 - CBG excursion to Orton Pit
November 10 - CPPF introduction to GPS navigation at Coton
November 13 - CNHS Council meeting
November 14 - Re-launch of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Amphibian and Reptile Group at Cambourne, 7:30pm
November 15 - CNHS talk, Cliff Carson on Giving wildlife an edge on the Middle Level waterways
November 15 - HFFS talk, Val Perrin on Cambridgeshire's Dragons and Damsels
November 17 - CNHS excursion to West Harling
November 17 - CPPF Hedge laying at Coton
November 18 - CLG excursion to Fordham Wood
November 19 - CBC film, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
November 21 - CCF seminar, Stuart Butchart on The state of the world's birds: how science underpins conservation & advocacy
November 22 - CNHS talk, Lucy Simpson on The National Ecosystem Assessment and its follow on phase
November 23 - BSBI AEM Conference at BAS - fully booked
November 24 - BSBI Annual Exhibition Meeting, BAS
November 25 - CNHS field study (bryophytes), Trumpington Meadows
November 28 - CWT talk, John Holden on The strange and colourful world of Myxomycetes or Slime Moulds
December 1 - Essex Field Club annual exhibition
December 6 - CNHS Festive Feast
December 8 - CBG excursion to Hatfield Forest
December 9 - SCFG foray to Waresley and Gransden Woods
December 16 - CLG excursion to Holme Fen
December 20 - HFFS Members Christmas Evening
December 23 - CBG excursion to Hemingfords and St Ives
December 26 - SCFG foray to Therfield Heath
December 29 - CBG excursion to Bedford

Abbreviations: 
BEE - Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Seminars, 4pm Zoology part II lecture theatre.
BioSoc  - CU Biological Society
CBG -  Cambridge Bryological Group
CBC - Cambridgeshire Bird Club
CCF - Cambridge Conservation Forum
CFG - Cambridgeshire Flora Group.  Meetings start at 10am
CGC - Cambridgeshire Geology Club
CLG - Cambridge Lichen Group - contact Louise Bacon at CPERC.
CPPF - Cambridge Past, Present & Future (Cambridge Preservation Society) - Contact Caroline Grohler for details.  Booking is usually required
CUMS - CU Mycological Society
CUPS - CU Physics Society  
CUSS - Cambridge University Scientific Society
CUVZS - CU Veterinary  Zoological  Society.
CWT - Cambridge city group of the Wildlife Trust
FRRFD - Friends of the Roman Road and Fleam Dyke
FoCB - Friends of Cherry Hinton Brook
FoSC - Friends of Stourbridge Common
HFFS - Hunts Flora and Fauna Society
LNR - Local Nature Reserve.  These events may require booking..
SCFG - South Cambs Fungus Group
RSPB - Cambridge RSPB local group
SHNH - Society for the History of Natural History
SS - Cambridge Sustainable City events
WT - other Wildlife Trust events