Cambridge Natural History Society
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Founded in 1857 as Cambridge Entomological Society. CNHS is open to everyone interested in natural history: palaeontology, conservation, entomology, ecology, zoology, geology, botany.
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@cnhs1857.bsky.social A talk about Beavers in person or online, Cambridge, Thursday 12th February 2026. #wildlifebcn.org #cambsmammalgroup
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
@cnhs1857.bsky.social A talk about Beavers in person or online, Cambridge, Thursday 12th February 2026. #wildlifebcn.org #cambsmammalgroup
Tree creepers are wonderful birds and this one was being especially obliging in Cambridge yesterday. Their thin beak is perfect for finding and extracting insects from tree bark. #cambridgewildlife #birdsoc_cam #uk_birdwatching
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Tree creepers are wonderful birds and this one was being especially obliging in Cambridge yesterday. Their thin beak is perfect for finding and extracting insects from tree bark. #cambridgewildlife #birdsoc_cam #uk_birdwatching
Talking about biodiversity, moth-trapping and sweep-netting in King's College meadow. Members of CNHS were involved with BBC1's Inside the Factory for tonight at 8pm. No guarantee that they will use us in the final cut, but if you watch then look out for us. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Inside the Factory, Series 10, Lawnmowers
Paddy McGuinness visits a factory which has produced lawnmowers since the 1940s.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Talking about biodiversity, moth-trapping and sweep-netting in King's College meadow. Members of CNHS were involved with BBC1's Inside the Factory for tonight at 8pm. No guarantee that they will use us in the final cut, but if you watch then look out for us. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Trumpington Meadows past, present and future. Talk by Iain Webb of the Wildlife Trust on Thursday 5th February. In person or online, all welcome.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Trumpington Meadows past, present and future. Talk by Iain Webb of the Wildlife Trust on Thursday 5th February. In person or online, all welcome.
Hesperomyces virescens. This moss-looking fungi is has infected this Harlequin ladybird. It is sometimes called the Green Beetle Hanger. Spotted in Cambridge today.
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Hesperomyces virescens. This moss-looking fungi is has infected this Harlequin ladybird. It is sometimes called the Green Beetle Hanger. Spotted in Cambridge today.
Thursday evening; in person or online. Everyone welcome. Jack Ashby - Nature's Memory; behind the scenes at the world's natural history museums.
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Thursday evening; in person or online. Everyone welcome. Jack Ashby - Nature's Memory; behind the scenes at the world's natural history museums.
First talk of the year; Duncan Mackay 'The intricate relationship of Sallow & Hazel and the insects that live on them'. Cambridge, in person or online.
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
First talk of the year; Duncan Mackay 'The intricate relationship of Sallow & Hazel and the insects that live on them'. Cambridge, in person or online.
Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) eating a leaf on Friday. I see it has good table manners and politely eats the top half, and then ends up crumpling and stuffing the last bit of the leaf into its mouth.
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) eating a leaf on Friday. I see it has good table manners and politely eats the top half, and then ends up crumpling and stuffing the last bit of the leaf into its mouth.
The CNHS New Year Plant Hunt started in Grantchester churchyard, and then progressed around the village. Our group included several children who enthusiastically spotted plants in flower. By the end we had recorded 45 species in flower, which compares well with the 35 seen in 2016.
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The CNHS New Year Plant Hunt started in Grantchester churchyard, and then progressed around the village. Our group included several children who enthusiastically spotted plants in flower. By the end we had recorded 45 species in flower, which compares well with the 35 seen in 2016.
Yellow brain fungus (Tremella mesenterica) found in the centre of Cambridge today. It was growing on an old log in a logpile. Bank voles were also out and about in the sunshine in the same pile of wood. #britmycolsoc.org.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Yellow brain fungus (Tremella mesenterica) found in the centre of Cambridge today. It was growing on an old log in a logpile. Bank voles were also out and about in the sunshine in the same pile of wood. #britmycolsoc.org.uk
CNHS Spring Talks - in person or online. Anyone welcome.
January 9, 2026 at 9:45 AM
CNHS Spring Talks - in person or online. Anyone welcome.
Moth trapping has started again in Cambridge. No moths this morning, but some beautiful skies and views. (On top of the David Attenborough building and at King's College, Cambridge). #mothsmatter
January 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Moth trapping has started again in Cambridge. No moths this morning, but some beautiful skies and views. (On top of the David Attenborough building and at King's College, Cambridge). #mothsmatter
Talk on Thursday 27th November. All welcome, in person or online.
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Talk on Thursday 27th November. All welcome, in person or online.
We collected two Polypody fronds for Cambridge University Herbarium last year. Have you ever wondered how you catalogue and store specimens? Juliet has kindly sent in some photos showing them catalogued and put into the Herbarium.
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We collected two Polypody fronds for Cambridge University Herbarium last year. Have you ever wondered how you catalogue and store specimens? Juliet has kindly sent in some photos showing them catalogued and put into the Herbarium.
Talk on Thursday 13th November. All welcome, in person or online.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Talk on Thursday 13th November. All welcome, in person or online.
Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) galore. At least four were running around a wood pile on Friday.
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) galore. At least four were running around a wood pile on Friday.
Great exhibition that many CNHS members attended last night. Our patron, Dafila Scott was there too with some of her wonderful paintings. #dafila.bsky.social #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great exhibition that many CNHS members attended last night. Our patron, Dafila Scott was there too with some of her wonderful paintings. #dafila.bsky.social #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
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Stapleford Granary 'Artists in the Natural World'. Don't forget to look at the walls in the carpark for all the moths (once a naturalist, always a naturalist!) #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
#teammoth #dafila.bsky.social
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Stapleford Granary 'Artists in the Natural World'. Don't forget to look at the walls in the carpark for all the moths (once a naturalist, always a naturalist!) #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
#teammoth #dafila.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Cambridge Natural History Society
@cnhs1857.bsky.social
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Stapleford Granary 'Artists in the Natural World'. Don't forget to look at the walls in the carpark for all the moths (once a naturalist, always a naturalist!) #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
#teammoth #dafila.bsky.social
@cnhs1857.bsky.social
· now
Stapleford Granary 'Artists in the Natural World'. Don't forget to look at the walls in the carpark for all the moths (once a naturalist, always a naturalist!) #staplefordgranary.bsky.social
#teammoth #dafila.bsky.social
A warm Saturday for our fieldwork day meant we found lots of non-bryophytes in Paradise NR & nearby. #ukdragonflies #ukbutterflies
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A warm Saturday for our fieldwork day meant we found lots of non-bryophytes in Paradise NR & nearby. #ukdragonflies #ukbutterflies
Field Studies 8th November - Paradise NR (and round about). We recorded about 40 bryophytes (5 liverworts and approx. 35 mosses).
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Field Studies 8th November - Paradise NR (and round about). We recorded about 40 bryophytes (5 liverworts and approx. 35 mosses).
Talk on Thursday 13th November. All welcome, in person or online. Claudia Wascher - Unsung songbirds; Vocal Communication and Cognition in Corvids #corvids #birdsoc_cambs
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Talk on Thursday 13th November. All welcome, in person or online. Claudia Wascher - Unsung songbirds; Vocal Communication and Cognition in Corvids #corvids #birdsoc_cambs
Plastics in the environment; talk, in person or on zoom. All welcome.
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Plastics in the environment; talk, in person or on zoom. All welcome.
Autumn fungi found on our recording session in Paradise NR/Coe Fen & Sheep's Green. The most numerous were the Fairy inkcaps, and the most interesting was the Cowpat gem fungi (Cheilymenia granulata) I also enjoyed the Chocolate slime mould (Stemonitis sp.) in the gloom of the wood in Paradise.
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Autumn fungi found on our recording session in Paradise NR/Coe Fen & Sheep's Green. The most numerous were the Fairy inkcaps, and the most interesting was the Cowpat gem fungi (Cheilymenia granulata) I also enjoyed the Chocolate slime mould (Stemonitis sp.) in the gloom of the wood in Paradise.
@cnhs1857.bsky.social CNHS had a stall at the Big Biology Day last weekend. People enjoyed exploring and chatting about Bees, moths, seeds, fungi, an antler, fossils etc. the fossilized shark teeth were the biggest draw - especially with the younger crowd.
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
@cnhs1857.bsky.social CNHS had a stall at the Big Biology Day last weekend. People enjoyed exploring and chatting about Bees, moths, seeds, fungi, an antler, fossils etc. the fossilized shark teeth were the biggest draw - especially with the younger crowd.