As part of the Great Big Green Week we will look at changes in our weather over the last 150 years as recorded by the members of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society in their gardens both great and small. This meeting will be held in the Humfrey Rooms.
We meet fortnightly to work on the Society's collections, cleaning and sorting them and making databases to facilitate use of them. No previous experience needed, all are welcome. Come and have a real "hands-on" pleasure with some fascinating objects.
Including a rare opportunity to use some of our Victoriana microscopes and examine a variety of slides from the NNHS's extenisve collection of microscope slides on a vast range of subjects. All welcome.
During the next couple of months we will be entering a number of local inter-club competitions. Tonight we will review recent members' competition entires and select a number of them to enter. A good opportunity to see a selection of our members' recent work.
Sean Karley is running a series of talks about The Plant Kingdom. He will cover all aspects of Botany.
by Dr Rachael Hamp of the Open University. Rachael is a chemist originally and her PhD was on determining geochemical cycles in Enceladus' subsurface using modelling and simulations. Rachael is currently working on a post doctorate on making extraterrestrial ices.
By James Kerwin. James' talk was postponed from January. Throughout 2019, James visited three Ghost towns that were left abandoned in the desert, Kilmanskop, Elizabeth Bay, Al Madam - in this talk we look at challenges he faced along the path to capturing beautiful shots. Presented by zoom but meeting also in Humfrey Rooms, Guests Welcome.
Recorded highlights of the 2019 Humfrey Lecture - as presented by David Humfrey - son of Dr Stuart and Mrs Lysbeth Humfrey, who gifted the Humfrey Rooms to the Natural History Society in 1957
We meet fortnightly to work on the society's collections, cleaning and sorting them and making databases to facilitate use of them. No previous expreience needed, all are welcome. Come and have a real "hands-on" pleasure with some fascinating objects.
The MCPF Travelling Portfolio includes the award- winning entries and a selections of the best entries of the 2022 Midland Counties Photographic Federation Photofolio Exhibition. This is a chance to see these images locally without having to travel to the original exhibition.
Modern computer techniques have revolutionised geological mapping in the past twenty years. Bob Purser will introduce how drone photography has been used and how 3D maps provide new opportunities for the way in which we see our world
A competition for members to submit natural history photos, as per PAGB rules 2018. Up to three projected images per member per round allowed.