We hope you enjoy using the Society’s website. Your own articles, thoughts, photos and recordings will be very welcome, as well as your feedback on the website. Just send them in to: webeditor@mknhs.org.uk. We look forward to receiving them so that we have a dynamic and exciting site.
The Society has been invited to participate in the 60th anniversary celebrations of Emberton Country Park on the 12th-13th July 2025. This event offers us the perfect opportunity to highlight the important work the Society does.
We need your help to make our stand interesting and engaging. Whether you have a passion for nature, a talent for organising or just enjoy meeting and talking to families about wildlife, we welcome every member to join us.
To get involved and if you can offer to be on the stand for a few hours either day, please reach out to info@mknhs.org.uk for more details or talk to a member of the committee. Thank you for your support!
We have received a request from NatureSpace Partnership and Newt Conservation Partnership regarding their upcoming bioblitz event at one of their great crested newt compensation sites near Horton, Northamptonshire.
They are seeking moth and botany experts from MKNHS who can volunteer for a few hours to assist with species identification during the event.
The event will run from 5pm on Thursday 12th June to around 4pm on Friday 13th June and will focus on assessing how these sites benefit other species alongside great crested newts.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to biodiversity research and share your expertise. Please note, this is not a public event and is dedicated to conservation efforts led by NatureSpace Partnership and Newt Conservation Partnership.
If you’re interested in volunteering, please get in touch with the MKHS team info@mknhs.org.uk
Are you passionate about nature and community engagement? We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Social Media Team. Help us create engaging content, build our online presence, and connect with our members and community. If you’re creative, driven, and ready to collaborate, we’d love to hear from you!
To get involved, email: webmaster@mknhs.org.uk
All members are welcome to send in articles about local wildlife whether in your garden or further afield; articles about specific species that you have some interest in; reviews of useful books or apps; requests to members for sightings or other information for particular research projects eg the swift project.
The more you contribute the more interesting it will become for us all.
Please send your articles to webeditor@mknhs.org.uk
Applications are invited from members who need grants to carry out research, surveys etc. in the field of natural history.
This Fund has been set up, with the original bequest of the late Gordon Osborn (President of the Society from 1975-1991), to offer financial support to Society members in order that they may carry out a research project in the field of natural history, a survey of a particular local area or species, an educational programme or any other cause considered worthy by the administrators of the fund.
Any member of the society may apply in writing to the administrators of the fund for a grant. Applications should include a description of the activity requiring support and an estimate of the costs involved.
Full information about the fund is available in the MKNHS Guidance Handbook, Appendix 2
If you have a query or wish to apply for a grant, please email MKNHS Secretary: info@mknhs.org.uk