Programme

Programme 2026-2027

Cardiff Naturalists’ Society Indoor Meetings are held at Ararat Community Centre (next to the Ararat Baptist Church) in Whitchurch. The address: Plas Treoda, Cardiff CF14 1PT (see map at bottom of page). We meet from 6:30 pm, with all talks starting at 7.00 pm and finishing by 8:30 pm. 

Also look out for members' e-mails and social media for further information on indoor and outdoor meetings.

Indoor Meetings 2026 - 2027

Date	Title	Speaker
Monday 28 September 2026	AGM followed by a talk entitled ‘A Butterfly Summer’	Linda Nottage
Monday 26 October 2026	‘Red Kite Conservation’	Alan Oliver
Monday 23 November 2026	‘50 years of change in British bird life’	Jon Gower
Monday 14 December 2026	Xmas Special
Monday 25 January 2027	The Marsh Fritillary	Rob Parry
Monday 22 February 2027	Members’ Evening	Short presentations by CNS members
Monday 22 March 2027	TBC
Monday 26 April 2027	TBC

 Outdoor Meetings 2026 - 2027

Date	Event	Event Leader
Wednesday 9 September 2026	Dyffryn Gardens. A walk around the National Trust gardens, with a focus on the recent Biodiversity Survey. Meet 11 am at the Visitors’ Entrance. Email: stephen@cardiffnaturalists.org.uk if coming, to give National Trust advance numbers.	Colette Barnes, Senior Gardener, National Trust Dyffryn Gardens.
Saturday 9 January 2027	Annual Cardiff Birdwatch.Meet 10 am, Wild Gardens Road, Roath Park.	Linda & Rob Nottage

 

Indoor Meeting location - Ararat Community Centre