Volunteering – Paisley Natural History Society

Volunteers wanted for Birds in Green Spaces pilot project

Screen grab from Birds in Greenspaces Pilot 2025 Overview leaflet with photographs of 2 birds and information on why get involved, where, when and how.

Birds in Greenspaces is a new UK-wide citizen science project that will take place in 2026. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) are currently planning a UK-wide pilot that will run between April and June 2025, that will ask volunteers to record birds in one or more local greenspaces. In addition they will be carryingContinueContinue reading “Volunteers wanted for Birds in Green Spaces pilot project”

Volunteer for Clyde Area Amphibian Surveys, Spring 2025

Clyde Amphibian and Reptile Group (CARG) is recommencing the Greater Glasgow Pond Survey. The purpose of the survey is to assess the status of amphibian habitats and populations across Glasgow North, Glasgow South, East Kilbride, Paisley, and Barrhead. They are calling on volunteers, old and new, to make this season as fruitful as those past!ContinueContinue reading “Volunteer for Clyde Area Amphibian Surveys, Spring 2025”

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”

Volunteers needed for Clyde Area Amphibian Surveys, Spring 2024

Call for Bog Squad volunteers

Group of people with saws cutting down young birch trees

Butterfly Conservation are running a couple of Bog Squad work parties at Sergeantlaw Moss this winter and looking for volunteers to come along and help out. Weather permitting the days are:Saturday 2nd DecemberandSaturday 13th JanuaryTime: 10am – 3pm (but leaving early is not a problem)Tools are supplied and gloves if you want them, but youContinueContinue reading “Call for Bog Squad volunteers”

Jenny’s Well events, Sunday 11 June

There’s lots of exciting activities happening at Jenny’s Well Nature Reserve this coming Sunday 11 June. Friends of Jenny’s Well are holding a celebration of World Environment Day from 11am till 2pm and then from 2.30pm onwards Paisley Natural History Society are having a bioblitz. All are welcome to come along and join in. WorldContinueContinue reading “Jenny’s Well events, Sunday 11 June”

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”

Large Heath butterfly survey workshops

Want to know the difference between a Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia) and other similar species or to learn more about them and the best way to survey for them? Then take a look at the series of free workshops being run by Butterfly Conservation as part of their Large Heath Scottish survey 2022. The adultContinueContinue reading “Large Heath butterfly survey workshops”

Help us get glowing reports for Renfrewshire

Who knew that we had glow-worms in Scotland? I certainly didn’t but after watching the fascinating talks in March organised by Charlotte Martin, Scottish Glow-worms researcher, I’m eager to see one and I hope others are too. They aren’t actually worms but beetles of the Firefly family. The only species found in Scotland is theContinueContinue reading “Help us get glowing reports for Renfrewshire”

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”