The Kingsbridge Natural History Society Talks Programme
September 2024 to April 2025
2024 Dates
Topic
Speaker
Speaker Profile
Monday
23rd September
Devon Caves and their Ice Age History
Prof. Malcolm Hart
Malcolm is Emeritus Professor of Micropalaeontology, at the University of Plymouth.
Monday
28th October
Wildlife Audio Visuals
Mike Wynne Powell
Mike uses intriguing stills and videos of insects, birds and more. He is also a Kingsbridge and District Camera Club member. Mike Wynne Powell | Flickr
Monday
25th November
The Curious Life Histories of Devon's Butterflies
Barry Henwood
Barry is author of ‘Field Guide to the caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland’. Field guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland - British Wildlife
Monday
16th December
AGM followed by
Dart Estuary Saltmarsh Restoration Project
Nigel Mortimer
Nigel is Estuaries Officer for the South Devon National Landscape and Chair of KNHS.
Seeing saltmarshes for their real value | The Bioregional Learning Centre UK
2025 Dates
Monday
27th January
Beneath the Blue-Green waters - an artist’s point of view
Juliana Depledge
Juliana is a local artist and illustrator of marine and botanical subjects, and resident Artist at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. About Juliana (julianaart.co.uk)
Monday
24th February
Life on the Edge -
Conserving South Devon’s Rare Invertebrates
Sam Skevington
A project to boost local populations of 60 of the most threatened invertebrates
South Devon National Landscape | Life on the Edge (southdevon-nl.org.uk)
Monday
24th March
Increasing Swift numbers in a Dartmoor village
Nick Dixon
Nick was previously famed for his studies of the Peregrines in the churches of Exeter. Swifts first return to Drewsteignton - Devon Birds
Monday
28th April
Behaviour of Fallow Deer, and Badgers
David Dixon
David will talk about his findings of his research into deer and badger behaviours. (PDF) Late Flowering Love - new light on the fallow deer post-rut. (researchgate.net)
