Winter Programme 2023/2024, 2024/2025, and 2025/2026
Lecture meetings for 2025/2026 will be held at Leonardo Hotel Inverness. All meetings start at 7pm.
Lectures are free for members of the Inverness Field Club.
There is a nominal entrance charge for non-members.
19 November 2025
Scientific Societies in Victorian Scotland
Dr Diarmid Finnegan, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast. This talk places the foundation of The Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club in November 1875 in its national context, as similar societies were ...22 November 2025
Civic Reception Buffet Lunch in Inverness Town House 12:30 to 14:30
Celebrating 150 years since The Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club was founded in November 1875.
Inverness Field Club Members and Invited Guests only.
10 December 2025
Seven Years, Seven Species
Andy Howard, Nature Photographer
Famous in the Highlands for his photos of wildlife and landscapes, Andy Howard focuses in this pre-Christmas talk on just seven species, getting to know them through the seasons, down to the level of individual animals, over a seven-year period.
21 January 2026
Jofrid Gunn: a biography in poetry
Jennifer Morag Henderson, Biographer and Poet Jennifer will talk about her own journey as a writer, from her biography of Josephine Tey to her life in poetry of a 16th-century Faroese woman who came to the north of Scotland to marry into Clan Gunn. ...18 February 2026
Drones in Historic Settings
George Glaister, Mapmaker and Drone Photographer
Stunning photography of Highland buildings and landscapes gives a new perspective to familiar monuments. In this talk George will draw on 35 years of experience as a map maker, often using aerial photography, and now embracing the new technology of camera drones to provide a new way of appreciating monuments in the Highland landscape.
18 March 2026
Clinging by a Claw: Saving Scotland’s Wildcats
Louise Hughes, Fieldwork Operations Manager, Saving Wildcats After a third batch of releases into the Cairngorms National Park, Louise leads the team tracking released wildcats across the vast landscape that they now call home. From monitoring new-b...