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PNHS meetings start back for 2025/26
We are looking forward to our first meeting of 2025/26 this Thursday 4th September, starting at 7.30pm. Instead of the planned talk, which has been postponed at short notice, we have asked our members to give the talks on Thursday! …
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GNHS and PNHS outing to Boylestone Quarry, Barrhead
Saturday 26th July 2025 Boylestone Quarry is a geological SSSI on the outskirts of Barrhead. The site was quarried for road metal but has been disused for decades. The main mineralogical interest of the quarry is the presence of prehnite…
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PNHS Moth Evening at Muirshiel Visitor Centre
Friday 20th June 2025 A wild night was had by the few who ventured out after 9pm on a Friday night to go mothing up by Lochwinnoch. Gordon Phillips had arranged with Pat Emslie, Ranger at Muirshiel Country Park, to…
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Join in the Big Butterfly Count
The Big Butterfly Count started yesterday, Friday 18th July and and runs until Sunday 10th August. 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…
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Outing at Dykebar and Hollybush, Paisley
14 June 2025 A small group of six, brave enough to come out, despite the wet weather, set off through the woodland shelterbelt at Dykebar hoping to get protection from the rain. The plan wasn’t as effective as we’d hoped,…
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Mountain Pansies
We have recently returned from a very pleasant holiday in the Spey Valley. On our favourite evening stroll, high above the River Spey near Kingussie, we were delighted to discover that you do not need to be in the mountains…
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No Mow May 2025
Did anyone, like us, decide to give No Mow May a go this year? We have two areas of lawn, one front and one back garden. They produced quite different results. Our front lawn is quite small, and surrounded by…
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PNHS Greenan shore outing
Saturday 3rd May 2025 An adventurous five members turned up in glorious sunny conditions and despite the strong westerly breeze there was plenty of Green-veined Whites and Orange-tips already flying about. This trip was about seeing the Lesser Whitethroat and…
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Festival Celebrating Renfrewshire Biodiversity
Art is Ecology! Festival Celebrating Renfrewshire Biodiversity Come and join us to celebrate ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’ from 11am-3pm Saturday, 17 May at Tannahill Community Centre and Library, 76 Blackstoun Road, Paisley. Paisley Museum and Art Gallery and the…
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Dawn Chorus Walk
As far as we know there’s never been an organised dawn chorus walk at Jenny’s Well Local Nature Reserve before, so we needed to put that right! It was about 04:50 when I arrived at Jenny’s Well Road, to see…
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