Glasgow is a city containing a wide variety of wildlife habitats: parks, rivers, marsh and several local nature reserves. Possil Marsh, a Trust reserve, lies to the north of the city, beside the Forth-Clyde Canal.
What we do
We aim to:
Inform you on wildlife topics through our walks and talks programme.
Give you the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills through our various events
Give you opportunities to meet other members
How to get involved
You can help by:
Joining the Glasgow Group committee- we need ideas for new walks and talks
Taking part in practical conservation work on our reserves. Contact pgilbert@swt.org.uk for more information
Raising funds for the Trust at events
We meet regularly at Hyndland Secondary School. Programme of talks starting at 7.30pm from October-April. Walks programme throughout the year. Click on Events and Talks.
There will be a talk about orchid propagation followed by a guided tour to view the orchid displays in the hot houses.
Meet at 10.30am at the entrance to the Kibble Palace glasshouse. NS568676
PLEASE NOTE: SPACES ARE VERY LIMITED, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Contact Janet Palmar to book your place – jpalmar2005@yahoo.co.uk
Saturday 15 February 11:00am-3:00pm
• Rouken Glen walk
Join us for a walk in Rouken Glen Park looking at early spring flowers and birds such as the goosander, little grebe, kingfisher and grey wagtail. Part of our route will be along the orchard beds geo-trail where important examples of rocks of Carboniferous age can be found.
Meet at the East Lodge car park, G46 7JZ.
Contact Mike Turner – 0141 357 0094
Wednesday 26 February 7:30pm-9:30pm
• Reforesting Scotland
Scotland was once a well-forested country with a culture and wildlife tied closely to trees and woodlands. Now much of the forest has been lost and environmental pressures, including climate change, threaten what remains. One of Reforesting Scotland’s directors will tell us what they are doing to help reverse this situation.
Dams to Darnley Country Park is made up of a mosaic of different habitats, providing homes for many species of plants and animals. These habitats include the open water of the Barrhead dams, wetlands and burns that are great for pond life, woodland, grassland and scrub.
Meet at the car park of Cook and Indi’s World Buffet, 500 Corselet Rd, Glasgow, G53 7RE
Contact Mark MacDonald – 0141 959 4593
Wednesday 25 March 7:30pm-9:30pm
• Operation Osprey
In the mid 1950s Ospreys returned to nest in Scotland following their extinction at the end of the previous century and in 1959 the first Osprey successfully fledged three chicks at Loch Garten.
Kat Jones, communications manager at the RSPB, will tell the story of George Waterston and his band of devoted men and women who set up and ran Operation Osprey.
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