The Big Butterfly Count started yesterday, Friday 18th July and and runs until Sunday 10th 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 amount and type of butterflies (and some day-flying moths) thatContinueContinue reading “Join in the Big Butterfly Count”
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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 flower borders. Over the course of the month of May, the grass grew tall andContinueContinue reading “No Mow May 2025”
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 Open University welcome Renfrewshire folks of all ages and interests to this free event. It’sContinueContinue reading “Festival Celebrating Renfrewshire Biodiversity “
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 that two or three other PNHS folks had already turned up. Over the next 10ContinueContinue reading “Dawn Chorus Walk”
Biodiversity and planning webinar series
Biodiversity and Planning in Scotland is the theme of the APRS and Planning Democracy Winter Webinar Series. It is partly inspired by the number of enquiries they receive on planning where people express their concern for the potential loss of biodiversity and don’t always feel this is given appropriate weight in a planning decision. WhyContinueContinue reading “Biodiversity and planning webinar series”
Book review: The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
Review by Simon Stuart (originally published in the Native Woodland Discussion Group Newsletter, and re-used with kind permission) In this eagerly anticipated book, the author gives an often very personal but informative overview of the current state of Britain’s temperate rainforests, discusses their historical (and current) decline and the main factors affecting their survival andContinueContinue reading “Book review: The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole”
Please help save Coul Links AGAIN!
Highland Council votes to grant permission for golf course development despite overwhelming opposition. The Conservation Coalition asks for your help to stop this. Councillors voted by eight in favour, six against to allow the plans by developer C4C for Coul Links, near Embo in East Sutherland, against the advice of Highland Council’s own planning officers,ContinueContinue reading “Please help save Coul Links AGAIN!”
Glorious grasslands
PNHS has had a botany-filled fortnight starting with the first of our study group visits to Whinnerston Braes on 29 June followed by our Beginners Botany outing on 6 July. Whinnerston Braes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its flower-rich grassland and a group of us went along to have a look andContinueContinue reading “Glorious grasslands”
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”
Paisley Natural History Society 