Bursaries of up to £400 available for natural history courses Looking to improve your plant ID skills? Interested in recording and identifying wasps? Or would you like to learn how to track mammals? Since 2009, Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC) and the Glasgow Natural History Society (GNHS) have been offering bursaries for natural history training courses. These bursariesContinueContinue reading “Bursaries for natural history courses”
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Braving the weather on a New Year Plant Hunt
Every year the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI) organise a New Year Plant Hunt. All you have to do is spend a couple of hours looking for wild plants in flower between 29 December 2024 to 1st January 2025. Ours was arranged for 31st December. It is a lovely way to spend aContinueContinue reading “Braving the weather on a New Year Plant Hunt”
Hair today, gone tomorrow!
A rarity to look out for in the current frosty weather. Last night at the PNHS meeting, Nigel Scriven, showed a photo of the Hair ice he and Catriona spotted at Bank Brae woods, Glentyan, Kilbarchan, on 8th January. Here’s his photo of it, quite a remarkable sight. Hair ice requires very specific conditions toContinueContinue reading “Hair today, gone tomorrow!”
T Norman Tait
8 August 1942 – 9 December 2024 The recent death of Norman Tait, aged 82, after a short period in hospital brings great sadness to many of us in the Society who had the pleasure of his company and benefits of his enthusiasm for wildlife matters. Over many years he was an active member andContinueContinue reading “T Norman Tait”
Book review: The Bees by Laline Paull
Review by Kirsty Menzies The fascinating talk on beekeeping and pollinators by Jacqualine Ferguson in November brought to mind a book I read a few years ago. Very much like Jacqualine’s talk, the book “The Bees” by Laline Paull takes you through a year in the life of a beehive. But this is a beeContinueContinue reading “Book review: The Bees by Laline Paull”
Biodiversity and planning webinar series
Biodiversity and Planning in Scotland is the theme of the APRS and Planning Democracy Winter Webinar Series. It is partly inspired by the number of enquiries they receive on planning where people express their concern for the potential loss of biodiversity and don’t always feel this is given appropriate weight in a planning decision. WhyContinueContinue reading “Biodiversity and planning webinar series”
Help needed this weekend to boost woodland wildflowers
Friends of Jenny’s Well received an Action Earth grant to spend on woodland bulbs, and they’ll be planting over 1000 of them this Saturday 26th October from 10am onwards. If you can spare an hour (or maybe longer!) you’d be very welcome to come along and help. They’ll provide gloves and tools, and show youContinueContinue reading “Help needed this weekend to boost woodland wildflowers”
Outing to Hurlethill, Glasgow Local Nature Reserve
On 27th July we had another opportunity to join Glasgow Natural History Society on their outing to Hurlethill. It had been designated as a Local Nature Reserve by Glasgow City Council in January this year. Hurlethill offers a variety of habitats including semi-natural grassland, beech woods, oak woods, pine woods and wildflower meadows with ponds. ContinueContinue reading “Outing to Hurlethill, Glasgow Local Nature Reserve”
Book review: The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History by Lucking & Spribille
Review by Craig Postlethwaite This is the first general, wide audience book onlichens that has been published for nearly 25 years. The older books (Understanding Lichens by Baronand New Naturalist 86: Lichens by Gibbons) werewritten before modern techniques such as DNAsequencing allowed a greater understanding of the complexities of lichens so a new book isContinueContinue reading “Book review: The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History by Lucking & Spribille”
Gay Christie MBE– a remarkable woman
For all the time that I have know Gay, it was always Gay and Andy, inseparable in everything they did. Gay and Andy were committed active members of the Paisley Natural History Society. In the mid seventies when I arrived in Paisley Museum I soon became good friends with them. They were regulars at ourContinueContinue reading “Gay Christie MBE– a remarkable woman”
Paisley Natural History Society 