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Welcome! We run regular events to make nature more accessible to students here at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

All Cambridge and ARU students are welcome at our events.

20/02/2026

Don't forget about documentary night TOMORROW in the JCR at 5pm! Snacks provided!

And also see information on how to help stop the vet school being shut down!

01/11/2025

Don't forget to join us tomorrow to watch an Attenborough documentary in the JCR room! Note the time has changed to 5pm to avoid clashing with other societies.

11/10/2025

Hey everyone, please see the termcard below for our events this term! We kick off next Saturday with a duck feeding walk!

20/06/2025

Today’s walk to Ely was absolutely lovely and a great way to round off an entire year of fantastic events! Thank you so much to our Events Manager Tereza Maxerová for running this and all our events this year, and thanks also to everyone who attended any of our events – I’ve really enjoyed my year on the committee and you are part of what has made our events so great!

This was the last event for the 2024-25 academic year but stay tuned as we will soon be advertising for a new committee for the 2025-26 academic year, so it will be exciting to see what events they come up with! As a reminder, you can join our mailing list by clicking this link: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/soc-scns

17/06/2025

Hi everyone,

Catz Nature Society invites you to join us on Friday 20th June (note new date!) for our highlight of the year: a walk to Ely! It will be a lovely walk through 18 miles of beautiful countryside, including the option of a pub lunch, and we are also hoping to reach Ely in time to look inside the Cathedral and attend the Evensong service. Everyone is welcome – you don’t have to be from Catz 😊 Advance booking is not required, but if you’re thinking of coming, please read the following important information:

• The walk is on Friday 20th June (note new date!). We will meet at Catz Main Site Plodge at 9AM.
• The walk is 18 miles, and some paths may be muddy. Please wear suitable footwear.
• We will stop for lunch at the ‘Five Miles From Anywhere’ pub in Upware.
• Unfortunately, our budget has already expired so we can’t subsidise lunch. Please either buy your own lunch from the pub or bring your own packed lunch.
• The pub’s menu is here: https://www.fivemilesinn.com/menu
• If you have a dietary requirement, it might be safer to bring your own packed lunch.
• We will return to Cambridge by train and will arrive back at Catz no later than 10PM.
• Unfortunately, our budget has already expired so you will need to buy your own train ticket. We will be able to buy tickets at Ely train station just before we board.
• Please keep an eye on your emails / our social media pages right up to 9AM on Friday in case there are any last-minute changes. If you don’t hear from me again, the walk is going ahead as planned.

We’re looking forward to hopefully seeing you there!

11/05/2025

Wow! What a lovely evening we had at last night’s Evening Nature Walk! Thanks to our Events Manager Tereza Maxerová for running this, and to everyone who attended – we hope you enjoyed it and are looking forward to hopefully seeing you again on our Walk to Ely!

The Walk to Ely is provisionally scheduled for Saturday 21st June. To ensure you don’t miss out, click this link to join our mailing list: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/soc-scns Please also check out our website at https://free-5505077.webadorsite.com and our pages on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565984242597 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catz_nature_soc and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/catz-nature-society Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to be from Catz 😊

10/05/2025

Hi everyone,

Catz Nature Society invites you to join us for an evening nature walk from 8PM tonight (Saturday 10th May 2025), meeting at Catz Main Site Plodge. We will take a gentle evening stroll through Sheep’s Green and Paradise Local Nature Reserve, watch the sunset on Grantchester Meadows and then we will look for bats and our Events Manager Tereza Maxerová will do some insect demonstrations. Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to be from Catz 😊

We’re looking forward to hopefully seeing you there!

04/05/2025

Wow! What an amazing trip we had with the Catz Allotment Society to the Catz allotments this afternoon! First, we were treated to a guided tour of the allotments, then the Catz Allotment Society showed us how to plant fruit and veg and let us have a go! Thanks to the Catz Allotment Society for proposing and running this event, it was really fun and I would definitely like to do this again soon!

After leaving the allotments, Tereza and I decided to take a quick detour via Grantchester Meadows as it was so nearby and so beautiful. I'm also including some photos of that to hopefully whet your appetite for our next event - on Saturday 10th May, we are planning an Evening Nature Walk through Sheep's Green and Paradise Local Nature Reserve to Grantchester Meadows, where we will watch the sunset and then look for bats, plus Tereza will do some insect demonstrations. After that, we are planning a walk to Ely on Saturday 21st June. To ensure you don’t miss out, click this link to join our mailing list: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/soc-scns Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to be from Catz 😊

And finally, if you’re from Catz and couldn't make it today, don't panic - the Catz Allotment Society is planning to start running open days like this on a regular basis. To stay informed, make sure to follow their Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/catz.allotmentsociety

03/05/2025

Hi everyone,

Gardening will make you feel happy! Catz Nature Society invite you to join us on a trip to the Catz allotments tomorrow (Sunday 4th May 2025), meeting at 1PM at Catz Main Site Plodge. The Catz Allotment Society will show us around the allotments, then show us how to plant fruit and veg and let us have a go. Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to be from Catz 😊

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
• As we will be doing hands-on gardening, please wear either wellies, or shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty. Please also wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
• Gardening can be thirsty work. Please bring enough water to last you for the entire event, as there is no tap at the allotments.

We’re looking forward to hopefully seeing you there!

27/04/2025

What a great way to round off a great year of duck walks! Thanks to everyone who attended one this year – you are part of what has made them such a delight to run and I hope you’ve all enjoyed them as much as I have!

This was the last duck-feeding walk for this academic year, but we are also planning fruit and veg planting at the Catz allotments on Sunday 4th May, Bat Detecting on Saturday 10th May and a post-exams walk to Ely on Saturday 21st June – to ensure you don’t miss out, click this link to join our mailing list: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/soc-scns Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to be from Catz 😊

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