Events – Page 2 – Paisley Natural History Society

Report on Tree Walk, Spier’s School Grounds, Beith

Group of 13 people dressed in warm coats and hats standing beside a tree with red, sinewy trunk

Saturday 15th February 2025 A change from our usual winter tree walk in woodland plantations, this year we went to the grounds of the Old Spier’s School in Beith, which has more mature formal planting and some challenging, unusual species. Fortunately, there is a tree trail map and we had the invaluable help of SimonContinueContinue reading “Report on Tree Walk, Spier’s School Grounds, Beith”

Interested in wildlife study groups?

Composite picture with photographs of orange butterfly, pink flower, orange toadstools, two birds, ladybird, lichens on twig, longhorn beetle on bramble flower and sporulating moss

Dave Mellor has sent this proposal to start online study sessions to look at wildlife groups and to go out into the field to record what we find. Open to anyone interested in learning more about identifying and recording wildlife: Spring is on its way! and the opportunity to get active in the field againContinueContinue reading “Interested in wildlife study groups?”

Gleniffer Braes Lichen Outing

Group of people standing chatting at an open gate next to an old mossy wall

On Saturday 18th January 2025 Eleven people met at the Nethercraigs Road entrance to the country park for the third of the now annual lichen walks run by the society. Most were members of the society but we also had one person from the local British Lichen Society group. The intention of this walk wasContinueContinue reading “Gleniffer Braes Lichen Outing”

Braving the weather on a New Year Plant Hunt

Large red multi-storey building next to a river which has burst its banks and two swans standing on the grass in the foreground

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”

Biodiversity and planning webinar series

Screenshot from the APRS 2024/2025 Winter Webinar Series webpage showing titles of the first three webinars on 6th November, 4th December 2024 and 15th January 2025

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”

British Lichen Society outing to Neilston Pad

twig with a number of different lichens one bushy, one foliose and the rest crust-like with colours ranging from grey, orange and black

There is a BLS Strathclyde Group outing on Thursday 15th August at Neilston Pad. They are meeting at 10:00 at the car park on the bend of Harelaw Road, near the pigging station (Grid Ref NS 472 543). This is an all-day (until 15:00ish anyway) event where they will be looking to record rather thanContinueContinue reading “British Lichen Society outing to Neilston Pad”

PNHS outing to Cashel Forest

A group of people standing in a wood with bracken in the foreground

6 July 2024 The weather looked promising as we made our way to the eastern Loch Lomond banks for the postponed Cashel Forest trip. Although the temperature was rather low for July, it proved to be a lovely day with only a short shower at lunch time. Society members were treated to a tour ofContinueContinue reading “PNHS outing to Cashel Forest”

Beginners’ Botany with Michael Philip at Thornly Park

A group of people standing in a grassy area surrounded by trees

A group of 7 members gathered for this evening walk on 5th June, to learn about botany in the grassland adjacent to South Avenue, Paisley. It was led by Michael Philip, Vice-county Co-recorder for Lanarkshire (vc77) and co-ordinator of the Renfrewshire Vice-county (vc76) Botany Network. Rather than repeat the same route as last year, weContinueContinue reading “Beginners’ Botany with Michael Philip at Thornly Park”