Winter meetings 2021-22
Due to continuing uncertainty over COVID-19, no indoor meetings are being held this season.
Online evening ZOOM meetings will be held over the winter season. The planned dates (Tuesdays) and subjects are shown below. Details are sent to members before each event.
| Date | Details |
| 12th October | Green Roofs Apithanny Bourne |
| 26th October | Lesser Black-backed Gull tracking programme Hayley Douglas |
| 9th November | TBA |
| 23rd November | The BSBI Rough Squad (Joint with BSS) Jim Mcintosh |
| 14th December | Switzerland Lyn Jones |
| 11th January | Dundee Botanic Garden Kevin Frediani |
| 25th January | Members’ Night |
| 8th February | Solitary Bees Gavin Ramsay |
| 22nd February | South American Mammals Wayne Gourlay |
| 8th March | Dendrochronology Rob Wilson |
| 22nd March | AGM |
In addition we are planning a series of Saturday walks, about once a month so that we can physically meet up outdoors. The first planned walk is on Saturday 9th October, at Guardbridge.
Any changes in the situation will be notified here, on our Facebook page and by emailing members.
Membership is open to all with an interest in the natural world. See the Join us page for details.
Summer meetings 2021
We are planning some evening walks, now that Covid restrictions have eased a little. We shall have to operate in small groups and maintain social distancing, but will add to the events once we see how the first ones go. All members will be circulated full details, otherwise please contact secretary: enquiry@dundeenaturalists.org.uk
| Date | Place |
| Tuesday 4th May | Lower Dighty, Monifieth |
| Tuesday 18th May | Keptie Pond, Arbroath, Recording meeting, joint with BSS |
| Tuesday 1st June | Balgay Hill, Dundee, Recording meeting, joint with BSS |
| Tuesday 15th June | Monifieth seafront, Recording meeting, joint with BSS |
| Saturday 26th June | Orchid Meadow, Clunie, Blairgowrie |
| Tuesday 6th July | Kinnaird and Guardswell |
| Saturday 24th July | Tayfield Estate |
| Tuesday 17th August | Quarry barbecue |
| Saturday 21st August | Tentsmuir Point |
| Saturday 18th Sept | Templeton Woods, fungal foray |
Past events
Summer excursions 2020
Due to COVID-19, all planned outings were cancelled, as was our Oban Weekend.
Instead, we produced an electronic Newsletter for members, with reports and news of interesting sightings, with photos by members, weekly throughout this summer. For Autumn and Winter it is issued 2-weekly.
If you are socially isolating yourselves outdoors then take some pictures or report sightings on our Facebook page and for our Lockdown Newsletter to our Secretary. Stay safe.
Winter meetings 2020-2021
A series of lecture meetings was held on Zoom.
Winter meetings 2019 – 2020
Indoor Winter meetings are normally held on Tuesday evenings in the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, DD1 5EN.
| Saturday 5th October 2019 | Tree planting day and BBQ at Carsegowniemuir Quarry |
| Tuesday 8th October 2019 | Looking for Flowers in the Peruvian Andes Richard Brinklow |
| Tuesday 22nd October 2019 | History of Weather and Climate Change Alastair Dawson |
| Saturday 9th November 2019 | Bell Pettigrew Museum and walk St Andrews Saturday walk led by Jim Cook. Followed by a pub lunch. |
| Tuesday 12th November 2019 | The Flora of Central Scotland – 50 Years of Change Roy Sexton. Joint meeting with Botanical Society of Scotland. |
| Tuesday 26th November 2019 | The Lynx and Us David Hetherington |
| Tuesday 10th December 2019 | Christmas Festivities – Recent Marine Strandings on the Tay David lampard |
| Thursday 2nd January 2020 | New Year walk and barbecue, at Templeton Woods, Dundee Leader Anne Reid and Jim Cook. |
| Tuesday 14th January 2020 | 54 Degrees South Stewart Dod |
| Tuesday 28th January 2020 | Members photographs Night Hosted by Anne Reid. |
| Tuesday 11th February 2020 | Pollination, Bees and their Tribulations Athayde Tonhasca. |
| Friday 14th February 2020 | Members Social Evening Queens Hotel, 160 Nethergate, Dundee. |
| Tuesday 25th February 2020 | Fantastic Freshwater Invertebrates Craig McAdam |
| Tuesday 10th March 2020 | AGM Results of Kim Eberst Photographic Competition. Followed by refreshments. |
| Saturday 21st March 2020 | Tayside Recorders Day Perth Museum. |
| Saturday 28th March 2020 | Elliot links shore Saturday walk led by Anne Reid. Followed by a pub lunch. |
