birds – 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 HawthornContinueContinue reading “PNHS Greenan shore outing”

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 10ContinueContinue 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 carryingContinueContinue reading “Volunteers wanted for Birds in Green Spaces pilot project”

Glow-worm weekend on Isle of Cumbrae

Close-up of a beetle with two lower segments of its body glowing bright green and perched in a grassy area.

22-23 June 2024 Fintry Bay We arrived on the Isle of Cumbrae at lunch time and headed over to the Fintry Bay Café, with beautiful views over the Clyde Estuary. After a delicious lunch we made our way along the coast towards Millport and discovered the walking track uphill to Millport Golf Club. Our routeContinueContinue reading “Glow-worm weekend on Isle of Cumbrae”

Neilston Pad outing

Group of people scattered across open grassland looking downwards

On 25 May 2024, a group of twelve, including insect and plant specialists from both Glasgow and Paisley Natural History Societies, gathered in the south-west car park at Neilston Pad. Known locally as ‘The Pad’, it is an old volcanic plug surrounded by several dams and offers a variety of habitats to explore. The areaContinueContinue reading “Neilston Pad outing”

Outing at Ardeer Peninsula

Group of people standing in front of a metal-link fence with gorse scrub behind

Around 13 members from the Paisley Natural History Society, Glasgow Natural History Society and interested delegates from the recent Scottish Ornithologists Club/ British Trust for Ornithology conference arrived at Broom Farm for 11.00 am on Saturday 4th May, to walk about in the extensive brownfield site at Ardeer, looking in particular for the rare LesserContinueContinue reading “Outing at Ardeer Peninsula”

Clyde Big Birding Day on 13th May

The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) are encouraging people in the Clyde area to get out and do some birdwatching this coming Saturday as part of Global Birding Day. Great Tit feeding a fledgling (photographer T Norman Tait) Whether you spend just a few minutes watching and recording birds in your garden or a park, orContinueContinue reading “Clyde Big Birding Day on 13th May”

Report on outing to Argaty Red Kites Centre

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 whatContinueContinue 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 twoContinueContinue reading “Amazing Osprey recovery from a Lochwinnoch reared bird”

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,ContinueContinue reading “What’s new”