Programme
Perthshire Society of Natural Science
142nd Winter Syllabus-Programme of Lectures
Open Meetings
Friday, 16th October
The MacAlpine Memorial Lecture
"Landscape Design - Space, Time and Place"
Ian M. White, Ian White Associates,
Stirling.
Friday, 30th October
“"The Paisley Shawl"
Professor Chris Smout, University of St. Andrews.
Friday, 13th November
"Bio-diversity- what does it mean to you?"
Dennis Dick, Perth.
Friday, 27th November
"Wildlife around Scone"
Robin Smith , Scone.
Friday, 4th December
"Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises in the Firth of Forth"
Dr. Nikki MacLeod, Edinburgh.
(Joint Meeting with local S.W.T. groups
of Perth and Perthshire)
Friday, 11th December
"Heritage of Korea - Heart and Seoul"
Susan Payne, Perth Museum
and Art Gallery.
2010
Friday, 8th January
Meeting postponed due to adverse weather conditions
Rescheduled for Friday 26th February
"What's New in Digital Photography?"
Alistair Walker, J.R.S., Perth.
Friday, 22nd January
"The Southern Upland Way"
Desmond Bassett, Perth.
(Joint Meeting with Perth Mountaineering Club)
Friday, 5th February
"Tsunamis in Scotland"
Professor Alastair Dawson,
School of Geosciences, Geography and
Environment, University of Aberdeen.
Friday, 19th February
"Costa Rica - Plants, Animals and Birds"
Julia Corden, Pitlochry.
Friday, 26th February
Rescheduled from Friday 8th January
"What's New in Digital Photography?"
Alistair Walker, J.R.S., Perth.
Friday, 5th March
Members’Night
Contributions by Members on topics
of interest.
Friday, 19th March
Annual General Meeting
to be followed by the
Presidential Address.
Meetings are held in Perth Museum and Art Gallery and begin at 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, 8th May, 2010
Visit to Glasgow
Forenoon – guided tour of Glasgow University Campus
and Hunterian Museum.
Afternoon – guided tour of the Mitchell Library.
Picnic lunch in Kelvingrove Park.
Saturday, 24th July, 2010
Meet at 2pm in the churchyard of the Kirk of St. Bride
(further up the hill from Abernethy Museum).
There will be a guided walk through Abernethy revealing
its past history, its interesting buildings and architecture
and its social history - the lives of its people.
Saturday, 4th September, 2009
Visit to Leith and South Queensferry.
Forenoon – a tour of Trinity House , Leith and
South
Leith Parish Church.
Afternoon – at 2pm – A guided walk in South Queensferry
with reference to the architecture
of the buildings and
the details of the two Forth Bridges.
Picnic lunch at South Queensferry.
May, 2010
Perth Festival of the Arts.
Photography Exhibition by
Perthshire Photographic Society
(PSNS).
NB.Members of PSNS, relatives
and friends attend the outings
at their own risk.
Full details of Outings 2011 will be available in February 2010.
NB. Members of the PSNS, relatives and friends attend the outings at their own risk.