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! Come along prepared to tell us about what fires your enthusiasm for nature! Bring photographs orContinueContinue reading “PNHS meetings start back for 2025/26”
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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 host a moth trapping evening to which members of PNHS were invited, along with localContinueContinue reading “PNHS Moth Evening at Muirshiel Visitor Centre”
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, but without the downpour we would never have seen what turned out to be theContinueContinue reading “Outing at Dykebar and Hollybush, Paisley”
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 to see Mountain Pansy. We were staying in a cottage at Ruthven, just outside theContinueContinue reading “Mountain Pansies”
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”
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”
PNHS summer study group outings
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 onContinueContinue reading “PNHS summer study group outings”
Report on Tree Walk, Spier’s School Grounds, Beith
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 SimonContinueContinue reading “Report on Tree Walk, Spier’s School Grounds, Beith”
Gleniffer Braes Lichen Outing
On Saturday 18th January 2025 Eleven people met at the Nethercraigs Road entrance to the country park for the third of the now annual lichen walks run by the society. Most were members of the society but we also had one person from the local British Lichen Society group. The intention of this walk wasContinueContinue reading “Gleniffer Braes Lichen Outing”
Glow-worm weekend on Isle of Cumbrae
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”
Paisley Natural History Society 