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Dive into the Glasgow Science Festival programme

We’ve been wading through the programme and found lots of interesting hands-on activities and talks on offer in this year’s Glasgow Science Festival, ‘Glasgow’s Making Waves’. It runs from 2nd to 12th June and most of the events are free and suitable for all ages. Below is a small selection of what’s on offer relatingContinueContinue reading “Dive into the Glasgow Science Festival programme”

Have you seen a mature Wych Elm?

As you know Elm trees have been hammered by Dutch Elm Disease.  Eadha are focused on rare and threatened tree conservation and are seeking your help in identifying local mature Wych Elm trees which may have immunity against the disease. They have expressed interest in being a partner in a Wych Elm Project being developed by the Royal BotanicContinueContinue reading “Have you seen a mature Wych Elm?”

CARG Spring Survey 2022

Guess what we were doing last Saturday night in the dark?  No rude responses please, we were in Muirshiel Country Park with a high powered torch looking for newts! CARG, which, for the uninitiated, stands for the Clyde Amphibian and Reptile Group, is a volunteer organisation of interested and much more knowledgeable people than us,ContinueContinue reading “CARG Spring Survey 2022”

Upcoming Butterfly Conservation events

General butterfly ID and recording / general guided walks  Calderglen Country Park (7th May) Garnethill Park and Ruchill Park Glasgow (8th May)Green Hairstreak hunts: Lenzie Moss (17th May and 7th June) Green Hairstreak butterfly, Moss Mulloch, May 2018 Details on how to book onto these events can be found in the events listings on their website here.

Botanical wanderings in and around Lochwinnoch in 2020/21

Older members of the PNHS might recall the Thursday evening local study excursions of the ‘80s. For a short period we were joined by an enthusiastic youngster, Jim Blackwood from Lochwinnoch, who showed great botanical interest and promise. Sadly, after a short stay he left for the ‘lights of London’. That was that, until aboutContinueContinue reading “Botanical wanderings in and around Lochwinnoch in 2020/21”

Spring into action…for butterflies

At their Scottish Spring Gathering in March Butterfly Conservation put out a call for volunteers and suggested a number of projects people could get involved in.  If you missed it you can watch the gathering on You Tube and find out about some of the butterfly and moth work being done in Scotland. Small Copper,ContinueContinue reading “Spring into action…for butterflies”

Mistle Thrush Mystery

Last December, a Mistle Thrush took up residence in our back garden. Or rather, it took over our garden! It was clearly distinguishable from its cousin the Song Thrush by its larger size and more horizontal spots, but mainly by its bold aggressive behaviour. It sat alert at the top of our rowan tree, likeContinueContinue reading “Mistle Thrush Mystery”

Plans for summer excursions and winter programme

The Paisley Natural History Society committee have decided to go ahead and plan a small number of field excursions this coming Summer and to organise speakers for our Winter Programme 2022/23 (all being well of course with Government guidelines on COVID regulations). As soon as leaders for the field trips and speakers have been finalised,ContinueContinue reading “Plans for summer excursions and winter programme”

Welcome to our new website

Although the Covid-19 pandemic prevented from having talks and meetings, we have been busy behind the scenes to bring our website up-to-date and give it a new look. We hope you like it. All the content from the old website is still here but if you have bookmarked specific pages those links will no longerContinueContinue reading “Welcome to our new website”