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Indoor Meetings
Indoor Meetings (all welcome) are usually held on Wednesday evenings once a month from October to March with the AGM in April. Meetings consist of a talk on some aspect of natural history by a knowledgeable speaker, either an invited expert or a member. All talks are aimed at the amateur naturalist, since even those members of the Section who are experts in one area may know very little about another.Please note temporary new venues for 2024/25: Quaker Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester LE2 1WP (link to map).
Doors open 7.00 pm for start at 7.30 pm, finish by 9.30 pm.
March 2025 Joint Meeting with Parent Body will be at Hansom Hall, Wellington Street, Leicester LE1 6HL.
Outdoor Meetings
Outdoor Meetings (members only) are usually held on Saturdays or Sundays. Distances covered on foot vary, but typically 2 to 3 miles, and shorter alternative routes are often available for those who prefer this. All outdoor meetings are by private car within reasonable driving distance of Leicester. With adequate notice it may be possible to arrange lifts for those without their own transport.
The Sowter Memorial Lecture
Each year one autumn lecture of the Natural History Section of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society is dedicated to Frederick Sowter, F.L.S. (1899-1972), one of our early members, a very important botanist in the fields of bryology, lichenology and flowering plants, especially in VC55. He was also extremely active and influential in the developing field of conservation. It has been traditional to introduce each of these with a full tribute to Frederick Sowter, but as an alternative it has now been decided that it would be more fitting to place on the Natural History Section website the following tribute written by Ian Evans following Sowter’s death in 1972, and published in the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society Transactions. The introduction to “Our Diminishing Flora” published in 1960 is also included. In this way attendees can learn more detail about this important past member than would be suitable as an introduction to a lecture evening.
Here is: A Tribute to F.A. Sowter