Quekett Microscopy

Tuesday 3rd March 2026, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Zoom gossip meeting “Foraminifera (forams)” Show us your favourite slides of forams, discuss methods for collecting, preparing and mounting forams, talk about their biology, etcetera. Joining details will be e-mailed to Quekett members.

Saturday 28th February 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Home Counties Meeting (Surrey) Talks in the morning, optional fish and chips lunch, then exhibits and gossip in the afternoon. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Downside Bridge Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3EJ.

Saturday 14th February 2026, 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. Workshop on contrast enhancement led by Chris Thomas, Angela Marmont Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD. #feb14" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">quekett.org/about/programm…

Saturday 13th December 2025 - 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Christmas Lecture “A Box of Delights” by Tony Pattinson (inside track on shooting videos of freshwater organisms), and Christmas Quiz (Yuletide conundra, puzzles and riddles from Robert Ratford). ZOOM only.

A report of the National Honey Show, held at Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey from Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th October 2025, is now available on the Club’s website. We attended as part of our microscopy outreach programme. quekett.org/about/reports/…

A report of New Scientist Live, held at ExCeL in London from Saturday 18th to Monday 20th October 2025, is now available on the Quekett website. The Club had a stand as part of our microscopy outreach programme. quekett.org/about/reports/…

A report of the Annual Exhibition of Microscopy (Quekex) held in Potters Bar on Saturday 11th October 2025 is now available on the Quekett website. The report includes photos and descriptions of exhibits by Quekett members. quekett.org/about/reports/…

Quekett members can now view galleries of the photomicrographs, slides, videos and artwork that were submitted for awards at the 2025 Annual Exhibition: quekett.org/members/photos…

Saturday 11th October 2025 – 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Quekex: Annual Exhibition of Microscopy Members’ exhibits and demonstrations, photo and slide displays, and lectures. Non-members are welcome. Elm Court Community Centre, 363 Mutton Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 3BP.

Congratulations to Quekett member Wim van Egmond for his two Honorable Mentions in the Nikon 2025 Small World in Motion Competition. Cornflower root hairs, Image Stacking, 5× and 25× (Objective Lens Magnification) nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2025…

Congratulations to Quekett member Wim van Egmond for his two Honorable Mentions in the Nikon 2025 Small World in Motion Competition. Hat thrower fungus (Pilobolus) on rabbit dung, Image Stacking, 5× (Objective Lens Magnification) nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2025…

A report of the Down House Microscopy Weekend on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August 2025 is now available on the Quekett website. The report includes photos of visitors, Quekett members, and their equipment and specimens. quekett.org/about/reports/…

A report of the excursion to Warnham Local Nature Reserve in West Sussex on Saturday 9th August 2025 is now available on the Quekett website. The report includes photos of the participants and their equipment, and photomicrographs of some of the specimens. quekett.org/about/reports/…

Quekett members can now watch a video of the Zoom gossip meeting “Marine microalgae”, led by Elizabeth Beston on Tuesday 22nd July 2025, on the Club’s website: #video20250722" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">quekett.org/members/videos…

Tuesday 22nd July 2025 – 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Zoom gossip meeting “Marine algae” led by Elizabeth Beaton. Details on joining the Zoom meeting will be e-mailed to Quekett members. #jul22" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">quekett.org/about/programm…

Quekett members can now watch a video of the L. V. Martin Lecture “Moss Safari”, given by Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt on Tuesday 8th July 2025 in the Neil Chalmers Seminar Room in the Natural History Museum in London. #video20250708" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">quekett.org/members/videos…

Tuesday 8th July 2025 – 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. L. V. Martin Lecture “Moss Safari” by Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt Neil Chalmers Seminar Room, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD (and streamed live on Zoom): #jul08b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">quekett.org/about/programm…

A report of the excursion to Keston Ponds on Saturday 21st June 2025 is now available on the Quekett website. The report includes several photomicrographs taken by David Linstead. quekett.org/about/reports/…

Saturday 21st June 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Excursion to Keston Ponds Set up microscopes etcetera in Keston Village Hall, 132 Heathfield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR2 6BF, and collect and examine specimens from the ponds. #jun21a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">quekett.org/about/programm…

A report of the London Rivers Week event at Chinbrook Meadows on Saturday 31st May 2025 is now available on the Quekett website. Quekett members took their microscopes to show specimens from the ponds to families, as part of our outreach programme. quekett.org/about/reports/…