North Lincolnshire Museum Society

12/10/2026

Tonite! Cranes of Lincolnshire with David Cohen LWT.
7.15 St Bernadette's Church Hall
See you later :-)

11/10/2026

We hope you find time to seek out some fungi this weekend.

09/10/2026

DON'T FORGET THE DAVID COHEN ILLUSTRATED TALK NEXT MONDAY, 12th OCTOBER, ON THE GRANES OF WILLOW TREE FEN LWT NATURE RESERVE. MEETING AT ST BERNADETTE'S CHURCH HALL, 7.15pm START.
This is a success story of the reintroduction of these spectacular birds into Lincolnshire, which David has monitored for several years.
Free parking at the Church. £5 entry if not a Museum Society member, £20 subscription due for the year's meetings if a member.
Refreshments at mid-talk break for £1.

07/10/2026

Don't forget the LWT meeting on Thursday night when Mike Pickwell tells us all about the Lake District wildlife. 7.30pm at St Hugh's Church Small Hall, DN16 2AG. £2.50 entrance fee to include mid-talk refreshments.

05/10/2026

Good morning, we hope you had a fine weekend.

These annual BBC lectures might be of interest.

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This year's BBC Radio 4 Reith lecturer will be the best-selling author and Spell Songs inspirer Robert Macfarlane,

Robert will argue that a belief in human superiority has brought us to the brink of planetary catastrophe.
He says: “We imagine ourselves perched atop a pinnacle, when in fact we are entangled in a web of life."
Across four lectures, each taking one of the elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) as its focus, he explores the causes and consequences of this ‘human superiority complex’ for our relationships with the larger living world. And he shows how scientists, writers, artists and activists around the world are contesting the story of human exceptionalism in order to realise a hopeful, viable future on Earth.

The lectures will be chaired by presenter, journalist and author, Anita Anand and will be recorded in front of live audiences in London,Bangor, Aberdeen and Amsterdam. They will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service later this year and will be available to listen to on BBC Sounds.

BBC Radio 4
19 October 2026 – 10 November 2026

03/10/2026

The October meeting of the North Lincolnshire Museum Society
will be on Monday, 12th October, when David Cohen of the reserve's management team at LWT's Willow Tree Fen will visit us to give his illustrated talk "The Return of Cranes to Lincolnshire".

David will give us an insight into the Cranes of Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's Willow Tree Fen reserve and further hopes for their future in Lincolnshire.

We meet at 7.15pm in the St Bernadette's Church Hall, Ashby Road,
Scunthorpe, DN16 2RS, which is opposite the Priory Hotel on Ashby Road. ALL ARE WELCOME TO OUR MEETINGS.
There is free parking at the Church.
Light refreshments are available at the mid-talk break for a £1 charge.
There is a £5 entry charge for non-members of the Society.

Members are reminded that subscriptions are due for the coming year and are now £20 per member.

03/10/2026

The Scunthorpe and Brigg Local Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Our October meeting is on Thursday, 8th October, when we will be visited by Mike Pickwell who will be giving his illustrated talk "A Year in the Lakes".

Mike has given us talks before on his ornithology interests with many excellent bird photos that he has captured. This time he will be talking and illustrating on a much broader aspect of the wildlife that he has captured on his camera.

We meet at 7.30pm in the small hall at St Hugh's Church, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2AG. There is a £2.50 entry charge which includes light refreshments at the mid-talk break.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO OUR MEETINGS.
There is free parking at the Church, at the Old Brumby United Church opposite and on the nearby roadside.

02/10/2026

Are you visiting the coast this weekend?
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Calling all citizen scientists! We need your help.

Our new Beached! Lincolnshire project calls for as many people as possible to get out and about on our coast, find and photograph species washed up in the strandline and share your discoveries. The best bit is that you don't need any prior knowledge - there's lots of identification assistance and verification available via the free app we're using - and, unlike many things in nature, the autumn and winter months are a perfect time for beachcombing.

Our marine conservation officer, Lauren, shares more details and tips in her new blog at lincstrust.org.uk/blog/lauren-storer/beached-blog

29/09/2026

Who knew Lincolnshire was such an important place for paper making between the 16th and 18th Centuries.

Who knew there were 3 paper mills in Tealby.

Who knew the family histories that evolved as a result of these industries and

Who knew the origins of the word 'foolscap'

Our thanks for a fascinating talk from Hugh Nott on the History of paper making in Lincolnshire.

We were also lucky to handle perfectly good paper made in 1793 (they don't make things like tgey used to).

Great to see everybody and share a brew too.