About us
The Market Bosworth & District Natural History Society is a group of very active local natural history enthusiasts.
The Society enjoys a comprehensive programme of both indoor and outdoor meetings. In addition the Society also monitors a wildflower meadow on Bosworth Park.
The Society was formed in January 1976 by twenty two local natural history enthusiasts. During the inaugural meeting it was agreed that the aims of the Society should be:-
• To cover every aspect of natural history, and cater for all interests.
• To hold monthly indoor meetings, and outdoor meetings wherever possible.
• To make detailed investigations, with records, of particular sites.
During the intervening years the Society has held closely to these aims and has grown to a current membership of around seventy.
Read more about our trips and activities
Contact us
Telephone: 01455 824148
Email: jncrowley@btinternet.com
Indoor Meetings 2025
Details of the 2025 indoor meetings are given below. Visitors are always welcome. Meetings start at 7:30pm and will be held at St Peter's School, Station Road, Market Bosworth, CV13 0NP. Confirmation of the meeting details will be emailed to members shortly before the meeting. Visitors are asked to contact Prue Crowley (jncrowley@btinternet.com) to arrange for details to be sent to you.
For indoor meetings there is no charge for members (but there is an annual membership fee). Visitors are invited to make a donation, suggested amount £3.00.
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Tuesday February 25th - The Eyes Have It - vision and eye-mimicry in the animal kingdom. Among his wildlife interests, Dave is a keen bird and moth recorder. His science background has led him to explore how birds and moths have a second pair of “eyes” that they use to deter predators. |
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Tuesday March 18th Carl has so much knowledge of our local birds, come and |
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Tuesday April 8th Pellets of birds are fascinating and reveal a wealth of information about diet and therefore the lives of the creatures that regurgitate them. |
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Tuesday May 20th These mountains are composed of a distinctive type of |
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Tuesday September 16th Jack Perks talked to the society in the early days of his career. He has since appeared on our screens in many nature programmes, often under the surface of our |
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Tuesday October 14th. David visits Mull a number of times each year and he has amassed great experience and wonderful photographs of its wonderful wildlife. |
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Tuesday November 18th. Judith opens her garden as part of the National Gardens Scheme so not only knows how to garden conventionally but has also successfully combined this with gardening for nature. Come and learn how she has attracted an exciting list of birds and other wildlife to her garden. |
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Tuesday January 20th 2026. A review of 2025. |
Outings 2025
All dates are provisional, the final details of each outing will be announced at the preceding indoor meeting, and emailed to members before the outing. Visitors are always welcome.
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Saturday February 15th |
Middleton Lakes |
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Saturday March 22nd |
Cossington |
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Saturday April 12th |
Swithland Woods |
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Saturday May 17th |
Moths and brunch |
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June (date tbc) |
Insect survey Charity Fields |
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July (date tbc) |
Bagworth Heath |
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August (date tbc) |
Saffron Brook / Aylestone Meadows |
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Saturday September 20th |
Rutland Water |
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October (date tbc) |
Fungi Foray |
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Saturday November 22nd |
Urban walk |
Indoor Meetings 2021
During the Covid restrictions, our meeting were delivered via Zoom and recorded. You are welcome to watch them using the links below.
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Tuesday January 19th: AGM and talk, |
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Tuesday February 23rd: |
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Tuesday March 16th: Beacon Hill |
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| Tuesday April 20th: The Great Fen: not just 20 years old Henry Stanier The latest news of a 50-year project to create a huge wetland area between Peterborough and Huntingdon. |
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Tuesday May 18th: Northern Spain & Southern Morocco Nick Crowley An entertaining insight into the scenery and natural history of two wild areas of Europe. |
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Tuesday September 21st: Fascinating Fungi |
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Tuesday October 12th: The Allerton Project |
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Tuesday November 16th: Leics & Rutland Swift Partnership |
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Tuesday January 18th 2022: AGM & Talk, The Wonderful World of Spiders |
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Indoor Meetings 2020
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