GEOLOGY

EXPLORING THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS. The society has a number of important collections including - butterflies, shells, eggs, sands, microscope slides, rocks, minerals and Northamptonshire fossils. This is a great opportunity to look at our extensive collections, to draw, study them or just appreciate their beauty. Also, if you wish to assist us conserving or documenting you would be welcome

PARAMECIUM AND OTHER CILIATES by Mike Gibson. We hope to have a Paramecium culture to look and study, as well as some other members of this huge and varied group of protists in hay infusions and pond samples. These are a great group to try out various contrast techniques such as phase contrast, dark field etc.

CRITIQUING NIGHT. Members should bring in up to 2 digital images or prints onthe night.   The images can be any they would likecritiqued, or maybe ones they are thinking of entering into a future competition. Each person in turn will be asked to critique an image and to discuss how it maybe improved.  This isn’t a competitionbut an opportunity to practice critiquing and to learn from our own and eachother's images. Meeting 3 of 4.

THE BURREN by Seán Karley. Seán will talk about his favourite botanical territory, a rich limestone pavement in county Clare on the West Coast of Ireland.