‘Zoom’ BNSS lectures

On Tuesday 14th April BNSS launched its first ‘Zoom’ lecture by

James Fradgley on “How the eye works – an astronomer’s perspective”

followed on 21st April by:

Ashley Leftwich on “Ancient Woodland – What is it, where is it and how do I know I am in it !!”

and then on 28th April by:

Hattie Miles on “Romance and Scandal in Bournemouth and beyond”

The above shows Hattie’s screen during Hattie’s lecture which included this image of Robert Louis Stevenson. We are working on developing a full programme of talks using the Zoom platform and members are receiving emails each week on how to join them. If non-members are interested in joining a lecture, they should email: contact@bnss.org.uk

For those interested in following up some of these topics the following links might be useful:

Eye

Ancient Woodland

Also read about Ashley’s Madagascan find of shell and bone

Website Changes – members please contribute your news

We have been making a few changes to the website to make it more responsive to the current situation due to the covid-19 pandemic. This has been made possible with the help of our volunteer Richard Griffin who has run the website on a Raspberry Pi in order to troubleshoot the changes made.

The major difference is shifting the ‘News’ items to the Homepage. Making the News timely does depend on members contributing so please share any BNSS member news with us via contact@bnss.org.uk.

A past events page has also been added so our important activities don’t get lost in old posts.