Paisley Natural History Society

Paisley Natural History Society A group of like-minded individuals in the Paisley & Renfrewshire area. We have FREE indoor talks in winter and excursions for members in the summer.

Paisley Natural History Society is dedicated to the study and promotion of natural history. It was formed in the early 1970’s by local naturalists and is still going strong today. It is a small, friendly club providing opportunities for experts and amateurs alike to learn about and study all branches of natural history and is an ideal way to begin or further an interest in the natural world.

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02/04/2025

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02/04/2025

Male Brimstone at Garscube Estate

04/03/2025

Capturing Scottish Wildlife

Thursday 6th March 2025

Kirsten Ferguson has very kindly stepped in at the last minute to give this month's talk. In place of the cancelled talk on photography of SWT Cathkin Marsh, Kirsten will be sharing more of her fantastic wildlife photographs from around Scotland. She will be looking at the process and challenges of recording nature and wildlife through photography.

02/02/2025

Ayrshire Nectar Network

Thursday 6th February 2025

Lynn Bates from the Scottish Wildlife Trust, will be giving this month's talk. Lynn is co-ordinator of this SWT led project to create and connect pollen and nectar rich habitats in North and South Ayrshire.

Lynn will give an overview of the project’s successes and provide ideas for all of us to help in any local projects.

31/12/2024

Through predatory eyes:
perception, polymorphism, and camouflage in butterflies and moths
Jamie C. Weir (Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh)
9 January 2025

Animals display an extraordinary diversity of body colours and patterns. Explaining the functional significance of wing colouration in butterflies and moths has been a topic of enduring fascination for biologists for centuries.

Camouflage is perhaps the most widely known form of adaptive colouration, and we typically think of animals as being adapted principally to their environmental surroundings—the colours of desert animals are very different to those of jungle animals. However, in this talk I will consider a different perspective. I will emphasise how animal colouration is fundamentally a form of communication, and that the colours of animals and plants cannot be understood except through the eyes of other organisms. In particular, I will explore the idea of ‘search images’—a behavioural technique adopted by predators to find camouflaged prey—and how this aspect of predatory perception (and, indeed, psychology) can drive the evolution of prey colouration in unique and unexpected directions.

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02/12/2024

Thursday 5th December 2024
All welcome to come along for our pre-Christmas get-together. Catch up on any wildlife members have been seeing and hear Tom Byars kick off the members' talks on the Emperor Dragonfly and Yellow-crowned Night Heron, followed by Craig Postlethwaite with a talk on Beetles. Afterwards there will be time to socialise and enjoy some tasty festive fayre.

Feel free to bring a contribution to our festive table

30/10/2024

Our talk next month is titled: Beekeeping and pollinators: how they help to feed us.

Thursday 7th November 2024

Jacqualine Ferguson from the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association will be talking to us at our November meeting. Her talk will focus on what pollinators do to help us, and how we can improve the environment for both humans and insects alike.

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6 School Wynd
Paisley
PA12BE

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+441418874647

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