Events

Full details of meetings are circulated to members. Further information is available from the secretary, enquiry@dundeenaturalists.org.uk

Membership is open to all with an interest in the natural world. See the Join us page for details.

Summer excursions 2026

DateDetails
Saturday 25th April 2026Loch Leven
Tuesday 5th May 2026Wester Ballindean Orchard
Tuesday 19th May 2026Balgavies Loch
Saturday 23rd May 2026Callander area
Tuesday 9th June 2026Backmuir Wood
Sunday 20th June 2026Inchcolm Island
Tuesday 23rd June 2026Arbroath Cliffs
Tuesday 7th July 2026Riverside Nature Park
Tuesday 21st July 2026Tayport west
Sunday 26th July 2026Barry Buddon Nature Day
Tuesday 4th August 2026Barbecue at quarry
Saturday 8th August 2026Glen Lethnot
Tuesday 18th August 2026Morton Lochs
Tuesday 8th September 2026Crombie Country Park (Moths and bats)
Tuesday 15th September 2026Mar Lodge Estate
Saturday 3rd October 2026St Andrews Botanic Gardens (Slugs)
TBAMills Observatory

Past events

A selection of past lectures and outings are shown below to give some idea of the variety of activities held by the Society. See above for the current season’s events.

Winter meetings 2025-26

DateDetails
Tuesday 14th October 2025Butterflies Anthony McCluskey
Tuesday 28th October 2025Perthshire Plants Martin Robinson
Joint with BSS
Tuesday 11th November 2025From Dragonflies to Diving Beetles: Macroinvertebrates of Still Waters
Rachel Mackay-Austin
Tuesday 25th November 2025Marl-mania: Strathmore’s Forgotten Industry  Christopher Dingwall
Tuesday 9th December 2025Carsegowniemuir Quarry Jim Cook
Tuesday 13th January 2026Rabbit Viral Disease Brian Boag
Small Animals Mike Sedakat
Tuesday 20th January 2026Round-the World birdwatching journey Mathieu Soetens
Joint with ADBC, RSPB
Tuesday 27th January 2026 Members’ Night
Tuesday 10th February 2026Carse of Gowrie Historic Orchard Project  Neil Clapperton
Tuesday 24th February 2026Photographing all the plants in Britain
Richard Milne Joint with BSS
Tuesday 10th March 2026Bee Communication Gavin Ramsay
Tuesday 24th March 2026AGM and results of Photographic Competition

Summer excursions 2025

DateDetails
Saturday 26th April 2025St Cyrus and Montrose Basin
Tuesday 6th May 2025Easthaven, rockpooling
Tuesday 20th May 2025Carnoustie Golf Course (Joint with BSS)
Saturday 24th May 2025Deeside Way
Tuesday 10th June 2025Forfar Loch
Sunday 15th June 2025Barry Buddon joint outing
Tuesday 24th June 2025Glamis Sand Pit
Saturday 21st June 2025Fife Coastal Path
Tuesday 8th July 2025Newmill, Clunie
Tuesday 22nd July 2025Tayport to Tentsmuir
Tuesday 5th August 2025Barbecue at quarry
Saturday 2nd August 2025Aberfeldy area
Tuesday 19th August 2025Fingask
Tuesday 9th September 2025Monikie, bats and moths
Tuesday 16th September 2025Dunkeld area

Winter Meetings 2024-25

DateDetails
Tuesday 8th October 2024You’ve gone where? or How my life went sideways. (St Helena) David Pryce
Tuesday 22nd October 2024Slugs: Unloved, Un-natural and Under-recorded Chris Du Feu
Tuesday 5th November 2024Inspired by Alice Balfour, a pioneering Scottish entomologist   Katty Baird
Wednesday 13th November 2024Alaska  Eric McCabe 7.30 Joint with RSPB, ADBC, SOC Glasite Hall, Kingsgait Kirk
Tuesday 26th November 2024The Work of BSBI Scotland Officer
Matt Harding   Joint with BSS
Tuesday 3rd December Gleaners of Nature book front coverGleaners of Nature – DNS History book launch 6.30.
Joint with Abertay Historical Society.
Tuesday 10th December 2024The Angus Glens Alban Houghton  
(Christmas meeting)
Tuesday 14th January 2025The Tweed Project David Millward
Tuesday 28th January 2025Members’ Night
Tuesday 11th February 2025Sea Grass  Alistair Lyndon Joint with BSS
Tuesday 25th February 2025Environmental History of the Tay 
Richard Oram
Tuesday 11th March 2025Scottish Spiders  Alistair Lavery
Tuesday 25th March 2025AGM and results of Photo Competition
Winter 24-2

Summer excursions 2024

Saturday 20th April 2024Glasgow Botanic Gardens etc.
Saturday 27th April 2024Lichens workshop, Dundee Botanic Gardens (DBG)
Tuesday 7th May 2024Riverside Nature Park 
Saturday 18th May 2024Soil invertebrates workshop, DBG
Tuesday 21st May 2024Reres Hill, Broughty Ferry (Joint with BSS)
Sunday 26th May 2024Barry Buddon Nature Day
Saturday 1st June 2024Sands of Forvie
Tuesday 11th June 2024Rossie Priory 
Saturday 22nd June 2024Pond-dipping workshop, DBG
Tuesday 25th June 2024Norman’s Law
Saturday 6th July 2024Crieff 
Tuesday 9th July 2024Morton Lochs
Saturday 20th July 2024Butterflies workshop, DBG
Tuesday 23rd July 2024Broughty Ferry Dunes
Tuesday 6th August 2024Barbecue at Quarry
Saturday 10th August 2024Bamff Estate
Tuesday 20th August 2024Clatto Moor
Tuesday 10th Sept. 2024Moth and Bat night  Dundee Law 
Saturday 14th Sept. 2024Killiecrankie 

Winter Meetings 2023-24

DateDetails
Tuesday 10th October 2023Bird Photography using a modern mirrorless camera
(Joint with Dundee Photographic Society) Tom Ryan
Tuesday 24th October 2023Wildlife on St Helena David Pryce
Tuesday 14th November 2023Scottish Plant Lore (Joint with BSS) Greg Kenicer
Tuesday 28th November 2023Mar Lodge Ecology Shaila Rao (held via Zoom)
Tuesday 12th December 2023Christmas meeting: Past Nats outings Brian Allan/Jim Cook
Tuesday 9th January 2024James Durham: Dundee’s Forgotten Nineteenth Century Geologist
Prof. Rob Duck
Tuesday 23rd January 2024Members’ Night
Tuesday 13th February 2024Flora of Jersey (Joint with BSS) Lyn Jones
Tuesday 27th February 2024Jon Hoad – Artist of Prehistoric Plants
Tuesday 12th March 2024Rewilding & Beavers Paul and Louise Ramsay
Tuesday 26th March 2024AGM and results of Photographic Competition

Summer Excursions 2023

Tuesday 2nd May 2023Stannergate and Grassy Beach, Dundee
Tuesday 16th May 2023Kinclaven Bluebell Wood
Saturday 27th May 2023Deeside Railway Path, Banchory
Tuesday 6th June 2023Seabraes, Dundee
Saturday 17th June 2023Lower Largo coastal walk
Tuesday 20th June 2023Deuchny Wood
Tuesday 4th July 2023Birkhill
Saturday 15th July 2023Petershill Quarry/Tailend Moss, Bathgate
Tuesday 25th July 2023Errol reedbeds
Tuesday 8th August 2023Carsegowniemuir BBQ
Sunday 3rd September 2023Barry Buddon joint nature day
Saturday 16th September 2023Birnam Wood, Dunkeld