November Exhibition - Hebden Bridge Natural History Society

Tuesday 1 November - Saturday 26 November

Birds, fungi, flowers, moths, and moss - there is always something exciting happening in the Calder Valley!

This new exhibition from the Hebden Bridge Natural History Society showcases local wildlife, new discoveries, and lost species, as well as the naturalists who discovered them!

The earliest plant records in the Calder Valley come from the Pinax of Christopher Merrett, published in 1666, which describes the wintergreen and bearberry, “on a great stone by the river Gorple”. Then, in 1775 an appendix in History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax listed 489 plants, with detailed descriptions and locations.

Lost flora of the Calder Valley

Today, naturalists in the Calder Valley have observed and discovered many species thought to be extinct in the valley - including a new variety of moss daltonia splachnoides, first observed in England in this century at the Birchcliffe Centre, home of the Hebden Bridge Natural History Society.

Butterbur - found next to the cricket club

The exhibition will be in the reception and café areas for the next few weeks, make sure to pop by and find out more about the wildlife of the Calder Valley, and the Natural History Society who have details of gentle rambles and woodland walks on their website, where you can see examples of the flora and fauna on display in and around Hebden Bridge.

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