Paisley Natural History Society

PNHS Greenan shore outing

group of 6 people standing in foreground with hill in the background

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 hopefully the Holly Blue butterfly as I had seen both in amongst the coastal HawthornContinue reading "PNHS Greenan shore outing"

Festival Celebrating Renfrewshire Biodiversity

poster for Biodiversity family fun day with images of insects and illustration of a hedgehog

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 Open University welcome Renfrewshire folks of all ages and interests to this free event. It'sContinue reading "Festival Celebrating Renfrewshire Biodiversity "

Dawn Chorus Walk

Group of people standing in Woodland at low light wearing waterproofs and binoculars

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 that two or three other PNHS folks had already turned up. Over the next 10Continue reading "Dawn Chorus Walk"

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 carryingContinue reading "Volunteers wanted for Birds in Green Spaces pilot project"

Introduction to Recording using Apps

Group of people standing on a grassy slope and photographing lichens on rocks protruding from the ground

9th April 7pm - Via Zoom Recording wildlife sightings may seem challenging and time consuming. However there are a number of apps for mobile phones that make it simple, easy and fun to contribute to citizen science projects and help protect our environment. This zoom talk will give a practical overview of how to useContinue reading "Introduction to Recording using Apps"

PNHS summer study group outings

Group of 9 people wearing waterproofs, posing formally in a grassy field with trees in the background

We plan to have weekly or fortnightly outings to some of our local wildlife places. There are many local places to be explored, including Renfrewshire Local Nature Conservation Sites that need more surveying. Along with this, we hope to help members develop more skills in identifying the local wildlife with a bit of training, depending onContinue reading "PNHS summer study group outings"

PNHS feature in Mill Magazine

Pages of Paisley Natural History Society article in Mill Magazine with photographs of a Kingfisher, a Purple Hairstreak butterfly, a group of people looking at lichens on a mossy log and text titled "Bask in the beauty"

The March issue of the Mill Magazine is out and features a great article on Paisley Natural History Society and some of our favourite local wildlife spaces. Mill Magazine, March 2025 For those of you not familiar with it, The Mill Magazine is a fabulous FREE lifestyle and culture magazine covering stories on businesses, groups, activities and eventsContinue reading "PNHS feature in Mill Magazine"

Ewan Douglas

Man sitting beside a table with an 80th birthday cake

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Ewan Douglas, a few days before his 89th birthday. Ewan was a pillar of both the Renfrewshire RSPB group and the Paisley Natural History Society from the early 2000s. He served on the committee of both organisations for several years, played aContinue reading "Ewan Douglas"

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 SimonContinue reading "Report on Tree Walk, Spier’s School Grounds, Beith"