Winter Programme 2023/2024 and 2024/2025
All meetings are held at the Craigmonie Hotel, Annfield Road, Inverness, IV2 3HX, starting at 7pm.
Lectures are free for members of the Inverness Field Club.
There is a nominal entrance charge for non-members.
20 November 2024
Land Reform in Scotland: Evolution and Future Prospects
Dr Calum MacLeod, Sustainable Development Consultant
Almost everybody agrees that radical land reform in Scotland is urgently needed, but it remains a controversial and very political issue when trying to agree on how that should be done.
23 November 2024
Annual Anniversary Lunch
Craigmonie Hotel, 12.00 for 12.30 pm
Two Members share recent experiences of interesting excursions to two ‘mountains’, big and little, both with Inverness Field Club connections.
11 December 2024
Seven Years, Seven Species
Andy Howard, Nature Photographer
Famous in the Highlands for his wildlife and landscape photography, 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.
15 January 2025
Nature for Health (N4H)
Stephen Wiseman, Co-Founder of N4H
N4H offers seasonal nature walks in Inverness, Nairn and Moray, helping people connect with nature, with other people, and with themselves. This is facilitated through outdoor experiences where the mindful benefits of green and blue space, and the fascinating species with which we share the planet, are all around us.
19 February 2025
‘A roof o’er their heads’: the archaeology of the Glencoe townships
Derek Alexander, Head of Archaeological Services, National Trust for Scotland
Events in Glencoe on 13th February 1692 cast a long shadow, now being illuminated by a well-publicised series of archaeological excavations by the National Trust for Scotland.
19 March 2025
The Pageant of Inverness (1951)
James S. Nairn (presented by Norman Newton). Celebrating the Festival of Britain for a week in September 1951, this 21-minute Black and White silent film shot by Inverness cinema manager Jimmy Nairn presents scenes from the history of Inverness an...