The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) are encouraging people in the Clyde area to get out and do some birdwatching this coming Saturday as part of Global Birding Day. Great Tit feeding a fledgling (photographer T Norman Tait) Whether you spend just a few minutes watching and recording birds in your garden or a park, orContinueContinue reading “Clyde Big Birding Day on 13th May”
Category Archives: Events
Glen Park Lichen Walk
PNHS member, Craig Postlethwaite, is leading a lichen walk this Sunday, 26th February and any members interested in learning more about lichens and their identification is welcome to come along. The group will meet at 09:30am at the car park off Braehead Road on the way up to Paisley Golf Club, NS472606 (see location inContinueContinue reading “Glen Park Lichen Walk”
What’s new
What better way to start February than to come along to the next Paisley Natural History Society talk on Thursday, 2nd February. We’ll be hearing from Rebecca Dickson a young ornithologist and ecological consultant who’ll be sharing her love of birding and wildlife photography. As usual the meeting will be held at the Wynd Centre,ContinueContinue reading “What’s new”
New Year Activities
If you’ve been inclined to hibernate over the festive period, make a point of coming out for our first meeting of 2023, this coming Thursday 5th January. Angus Hogg will be talking about birds of the Outer Hebrides and will be certain to inspire us to get out and look at wildlife and plan some outings of ourContinueContinue reading “New Year Activities”
December meeting with festive cheer
Our December meeting draws nigh: next Thursday 1st December. We have a change of speaker, since Jim Blackwood is unable to join us. Instead, our very own Kirsty Menzies is going to talk about Purple Hairstreak Butterflies in A Hairstreak Raising Experience Following Kirsty’s talk, we will have some Christmas cheer with mince pies and cake along withContinueContinue reading “December meeting with festive cheer”
Latest additions to the website
Sulphur Tuft Fungus, Boden Boo, 9 October 2022 For those who missed our fungus foray at Boden Boo on Sunday 9 October, you can now read about it on the website. Read Anne Gray’s report and see some of the photographs taken on our soggy saunter around the woods. You’ll find it in Outing reportsContinueContinue reading “Latest additions to the website”
Bio-Diversity study at Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch Community Development Trust (LCDT) are collaborating with Lochwinnoch Force for Nature (LFN) to hold a small biodiversity study – called a “Bio-Blast” on Sunday 25th September at Lochead Gardens. All are welcome to come onto site to help them identify what’s currently living there. LCDT recently took over responsibility for the abandoned section ofContinueContinue reading “Bio-Diversity study at Lochwinnoch”
A taster of outings past and future
We had a fabulous day for our July outing, the tree walk in Linwood Moss Community Woodland led by Judy Hayton. Sorry if you missed it, but you can read about how we got on in Judy’s report on it on the Outings page. Our next outing is the evening walk on 4 August atContinueContinue reading “A taster of outings past and future”
Join in the Big Butterfly Count
The Big Butterfly Count started on Friday 15th July and if you haven’t already started counting there’s plenty time as it runs until Sunday 7th August. Male Common Blue butterfly It is an annual UK-wide survey organised by Butterfly Conservation. By taking part we can help them assess the health of our environment simply by counting the amountContinueContinue reading “Join in the Big Butterfly Count”
Rare opportunity to see Purple Hairstreak butterflies close-up
Purple Hairstreak butterflies spend most of their adult phase living in the upper canopy of mature oak trees. Sometimes you can be lucky and see them close-up just after they emerge from their pupa at ground level. They settle on a twigs and shrubs to fully inflate their wings before flying high into the treetops.ContinueContinue reading “Rare opportunity to see Purple Hairstreak butterflies close-up”
Paisley Natural History Society 