The Society’s aims, as stated in the Charity Commission Central Register, are “To promote and foster the study of all branches of natural history and by observation, research and record-keeping to add to the existing knowledge of these sciences both in Wharfedale in particular and in the world at large.” Wharfedale, for the purpose of our Society, is “The watershed of the River Wharfe to Rougement Carr.” Rougement Carr is a small wood on the north bank of the Wharfe, near Weeton.