On the latest PNHS outing, eleven people ventured over to the Red Kite Centre at Doune, on Sunday 16th April, and enjoyed observing red squirrels and 16 species of birds, including the star attraction, the Red Kites. Kirsten Ferguson has written up a fabulous report with some of her photographs giving a flavour of whatContinue reading "Report on outing to Argaty Red Kites Centre"
Amazing Osprey recovery from a Lochwinnoch reared bird
PNHS member, Paul Tatner, got in touch to let us know about this amazing news story. A few weeks ago the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation were sent photographs of a winter female Osprey with a blue-colour ring on its left leg with the number KW0 clearly visible. It turned out to be one of twoContinue reading "Amazing Osprey recovery from a Lochwinnoch reared bird"
Report on lichen walk
Do you know your Peltigeras from your Cladonias? If not, Craig Postlethwaite has written up a report on the lichen walk he led for PNHS members on 26 February. Examining lichens, Gleniffer Braes Country Park, 26 Feb 2023 For those who weren't able to come along, or for those of us who did but didn'tContinue reading "Report on lichen walk"
Mysteries and marvels
At our PNHS meeting last Thursday some members raised a couple of intriguing topics that led to lots of discussion and speculation. Before Dan Snowden gave his excellent talk on the RSPB Lochwinnoch nature reserve, we had our usual session for members to talk about their sightings. Ryan Kincaid passed round a couple of logsContinue reading "Mysteries and marvels"
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 inContinue 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,Continue reading "What’s new"
Bursaries for natural history courses
Bursaries of up to £400 available for natural history courses Looking to improve your plant ID skills? Interested in recording and identifying wasps? Or would you like to learn how to track mammals? Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC) and the Glasgow Natural History Society (GNHS) offer bursaries to help people attend training courses in natural history field studies.Continue reading "Bursaries for natural history courses"
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 ourContinue 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 withContinue reading "December meeting with festive cheer"
Dead tree comes to life
The autumn colours have been glorious over the last few weeks not just the turning leaves but also colours from more unexpected places. Last week when out on a walk in the Fereneze Braes at Barrhead, heading towards Boylestone Quarry, I passed the line of ancient Beech trees marking the boundary of what used toContinue reading "Dead tree comes to life"
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