8 August 1942 – 9 December 2024 The recent death of Norman Tait, aged 82, after a short period in hospital brings great sadness to many of us in the Society who had the pleasure of his company and benefits of his enthusiasm for wildlife matters. Over many years he was an active member andContinueContinue reading “T Norman Tait”
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Streak of the Purple Hairstreak
PNHS member, Kirsty Menzies, has had another successful year raising Purple Hairstreak butterflies from eggs collected from windblown twigs at Hurlethill. This year she managed to raise 10 butterflies, all males, and was lucky enough to see one emerge from its chrysalis. Here you can see the butterfly streaking across an old oak leaf justContinueContinue reading “Streak of the Purple Hairstreak”
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 withContinueContinue reading “December meeting with festive cheer”
Latest additions to the website
Sulphur Tuft Fungus, Boden Boo, 9 October 2022 For those who missed our fungus foray at Boden Boo on Sunday 9 October, you can now read about it on the website. Read Anne Gray’s report and see some of the photographs taken on our soggy saunter around the woods. You’ll find it in Outing reportsContinueContinue reading “Latest additions to the website”
A taster of outings past and future
We had a fabulous day for our July outing, the tree walk in Linwood Moss Community Woodland led by Judy Hayton. Sorry if you missed it, but you can read about how we got on in Judy’s report on it on the Outings page. Our next outing is the evening walk on 4 August atContinueContinue reading “A taster of outings past and future”
Rare opportunity to see Purple Hairstreak butterflies close-up
Purple Hairstreak butterflies spend most of their adult phase living in the upper canopy of mature oak trees. Sometimes you can be lucky and see them close-up just after they emerge from their pupa at ground level. They settle on a twigs and shrubs to fully inflate their wings before flying high into the treetops.ContinueContinue reading “Rare opportunity to see Purple Hairstreak butterflies close-up”
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