Outing reports and photos

  • Photograph of a group of people dressed in outdoor wear with backpacks standing next to a pool of water edged with reeds. One person is kneeling down taking a photograph with the others looking on.
    Greenock Cut, 2018
  • Group of people standing on a rocky shore.
    Girvan fossil hunting, April 2011
  • Four people standing on a wooden bridge over a burn.
    Chatting on bridge at Greenock Cut, August 2018
  • Group of 5 members all pointing cameras at something in grass.
    Gailes Marsh, Irvine, June 2016
  • Two members on track in foreground pointing at plants on edge of large area predominantly of mossland
    Moss Mulloch, near Saltcoats, May 2018
  • Two members sitting on felled trees beside woodland and one person standing all with pack lunches in hand.
    Lunchtime at Moss Mulloch, near Saltcoats, May 2018
  • Two members gazing at rocks in gravelly quarry.
    Fossil hunting, Hessilhead Quarry, August 2011
  • Large pond in quarry showing rockface and trees above.
    Hessilhead Quarry, August 2011
  • Rough track cutting through bracken in valley surrounded by mountains.
    Glen Rosa, Arran, August 2019
  • Group of 12 members standing in open grassland with industrial buildings in background.
    Gailes Marsh, Irvine, June 2016
  • Members walking through young woodland with trees in protective tubes.
    Looking for Green Hairstreak Butterflies, Clyde Muirshiel, April 2017
  • Group of fungi growing out of a mossy log. The mushrooms are a pale colour and caps are rounded with a darker apex.
    Sulphur Tuft Fungus, Boden Boo, 9 October 2022
  • Group of people wearing waterproofs gathered together under a beech tree.
    Boden Boo fungus foray, 9 October 2022. Photograph Iona Shepherd, copyright OneRen.

Our outing reports are a great way to discover local wildlife sites and those a bit further afield.

Follow the links to open the reports and/or photographs on our Facebook site and see what plant and animal life you could expect to find if you visit.

Ardeer Penninsula, Stevenston4 May 2024Report
Ardeer Dunes, Stevenston23 July 2016Photos on Facebook and Report
Argaty Red Kite Centre, Doune16 April 2023Report
Baron’s Haugh RSPB reserve, MotherwellAugust 2017Photos on Facebook
Brownside Braes, PaisleyApril 2023Report
Boden Boo, Erskine – Fungus foray9 October 2022Report
Cashel Forest, near Balmaha6 July 2024Report
Clyde Muirshiel Park30 April 2017Photos on Facebook and Report
Isle of Cumbrae – Glow-worms and more22/23 June 2024Report
Dykebar and Hollybush, Paisley14 June 2025Report
Gailes Marsh SWT reserve, Irvine5 June 2016Photos on Facebook
Girvan – Fossil huntingApril 2011Photos on Facebook
Glen Moss SWT reserve near Kilmacolm24 June 2018Report on Facebook
Glen Rosa, Arran4 August 2019Report on Facebook
Gleniffer Braes Country Park – Lichen walk26 February 2023
18 January 2025		Report
Report
Greenock Cut19 August 2018Photos on Facebook
Hessilhead Quarry area – Fossil hunting22 August 2011Photos on Facebook
Hurlethill, Glasgow Local Nature Reserve27 July 2024Report
Jenny’s Well Local Nature Reserve, Paisley11 June 2023
18 February 2023		Bioblitz Report
Winter tree ID report
Linwood Moss Community Woodland17 July 2022
22 January 2023		Report
Report
Moss Mulloch, near Saltcoats18 May 2018Photos on Facebook
Muirshiel Country Park – Lichens27 January 2024Report
Neilston Pad (with GNHS)25 May 2024Report
Oakshaw, Paisley – New Year Plant Hunt31 December 2023Report
Sergeantlaw Moss, Paisley21 May 2023Report
Shaw Wood, Dykebar, Paisley4 August 2022Report
Spier’s School Grounds, Beith15 February 2025Report
Thornly Park, Paisley, Beginners Botany6 July 2023
5 June 2024		Report
Report
Miscellaneous outings1989-1998Archive photos

See PNHS Outing programmes for details of some of our past outings programmes.