Supporting the study and conservation of wildlife in Renfrewshire
Wildlife
Common Hawker dragonfly at Glen Moss (photographer T Norman Tait)
Four-Spotted Chaser dragonfly at Glen Moss (photographer T Norman Tait)
Heron at the Espedair Burn, Paisley (photographer Peter Crawford)
Otter at Abbey Bridge, Paisley, May 2015 (Photographer T Norman Tait)
Dark Green Fritillary and Six-spot Burnet Moth on Knapweed at Ardeer Dunes, 2016
Comma butterfly at Baron’s Haugh, August 2017
Common Lizard at Greenock Cut, August 2018
Goosander (photographer – Paul Tatner)
Fly Agarics
The Blusher
Male Common Blue butterfly, Ardeer
Common Dog Violet
Male Emperor moth, Moss Mulloch, May 2018
Field pansies
Great Tit feeding a fledgling (photographer – Norman Tait)
Green Hairstreak butterfly, Moss Mulloch, May 2018
Hoverfly Eristalis Pertinax on Cosmos flower
Hoverfly Leucozona glaucia (photographer – John Maclean)
Jack Snipe (photographer – Ewan Douglas)
Male Adder (photographer – Tom Byars)
Mistle Thrush (photographer – Ewan Douglas)
Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary butterfly (photographer – Claire Paterson)
White-Tailed Bumblebee approaching Honeysuckle
Look at our Wildlife sites page to discover some of the places in Renfrewshire where you can observe wildlife and our Outing reports for places a bit further afield.
Check out the PNHS Facebook page for posts on recent sightings and photographs and if you’ve seen something interesting please share it with us.
Read our Lesser Whitethroat page to find out more about this locally scarce bird, including research by PHNS member, Tom Byars, and the scrub enhancement project being carried out by PNHS in association with Gleniffer Country Park Countryside Rangers.