We meet on the first Tuesday of the month (apart from August, when we take a summer break). Please see below for more information about the upcoming talks, and the About page for timings of all meetings, and for details of the venue and parking.
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Coming soon…
- 6th October 2026 – Batting for Bats
Helen Taylor-Boyd from Keele University is a behavioural and landscape ecologist with a particular focus on the responses of wildlife to anthropogenic impact and developing practical applications in conservation. She has a passion for bats and will explain why they are so important and why their conservation is needed.
Helen says “Bats are a great example of a group of diverse and often misunderstood species; they are essential players in both human-dominated and natural environments.”
Come along to hear why Helen is “batting for bats”.
- 3rd November 2026 – Tatton Meres
An internationally important wetland on your doorstep
Paul Breslin, Higher Officer – Natural England, will be giving a talk on the Tatton Meres, Knutsford.
This is a nationally protected Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and an internationally important wetland site designated under the Ramsar convention. Paul will talk about the history and formation of the site, the designations and what they mean, the changing aquatic ecology, eutrophication, and the work being done on lake restoration.
- 1st December 2026 – Brain-Machine Interfaces
This talk will be given by Professor Rasmus Petersen, from the Division of Neuroscience, University of Manchester.
Photo by 8machine _ on Unsplash Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are groundbreaking technologies designed to help people who have lost the ability to move or communicate, due, for example, to spinal cord injuries or strokes. These systems work by recording signals from the brain and translating them into commands that can control external devices, such as robotic arms or communication tools.
Professor Petersen says: “In this talk, I’ll explain what BMIs are, how they work, and show real examples of what they can do today. Importantly, these advances rest on decades of fundamental neuroscience, both in understanding how the brain controls movement, and in developing the methods to record neuronal activity. This discovery science is the foundation that makes BMIs possible, and continuing it is key to future breakthroughs.
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