The audience, as did the speaker, braved the icy roads to see a series of five short films and a longer feature film, all recording the wildlife indigenous to Northumberland and the Borders.
The show began with a trip to the Farnes on Billy Shiels' boat, Glad Tidings. Terns, puffins, razor bills, comorants, shags and more were filmed during the nesting season, and the usual inquisitive seal was on hand to look at the passengers on the boat.
This was followed by a feature about incubating Gyr falcons' eggs, raising the chicks and the flight training of the young bird. Birds reared in captivity cannot be released into the wild.
Next was a short film showing salmon fishing on a beat on the Tweed near Coldstream, where a couple of fish were caught and returned to the water.
Some beautiful footage of otters was part of this as they put up quite a display along the river bank and in the water. Otters and anglers now live in harmony, unlike in past times.
A film about moles showed not only the mole catcher at work, but some stunning sequences of moles burrowing and looking for food.
It showed how, when they find worms, they paralyse them by nipping off the head end, and save them for later consumption
A pair of herons were filmed raising two chicks to fully-fledged birds fending for themselves.
The parent and young birds had a tough time as, throughout the time in the nest, it seemed to rain incessantly, but they survived to add to the population of these fascinating birds.
Cyril brought the session to a close with a delightful film covering the annual cycle of wildlife from the winter through spring, summer and autumn, and back to winter again.
Lovely shots of all kinds of wildlife included foxes, badgers, roe deer, and water voles, as well as many more, all in close up and glorious colour.
After the usual questions, the speaker was warmly thanked for a most enjoyable evening.
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