by patosullivan | Jul 5, 2026 | Museum News
Despite a very wet night Ron Forrester had lots of moths in the 3 traps, including 3 Poplar Hawkmoths and an Elephant Hawkmoth, as well as 2 Spectacled moths. Our next event in August will be with Lucy Lapwing
by patosullivan | Apr 18, 2026 | Museum News
Lucy Lapwing launched her first book today to a packed museum and a sell out of all her copies. The book will be available at the museum shop shortly.
by patosullivan | Mar 29, 2026 | Museum News
Malcolm Newdick has set up a live camera on the Ospreys nest: https://hawkandowltrust.org/live-cameras/isle-of-bute-ospreys
by patosullivan | Feb 18, 2026 | Museum News
Harriet Tatton, from DigVentures gave a detailed talk on their community involved projects at Dunoon and Glengarnock Castles. A lot of Dig Ventures work is crowd funded, and they are open to suggestions for future projects. Check out their website ...
by patosullivan | Feb 5, 2026 | Museum News
Our own Springwatch/ Winterwatch resident Lucy Lapwing gave a lighthearted but informative talk on the tiny life under our noses. This included spiders, wasps, moths and dung beetles to name just a few. Lucy may be leading a summer bug hunt for the society later in...
by patosullivan | Jan 21, 2026 | Museum News
Unfortunatly Rebbeca Synott, South-Eastern Technical University of Ireland wasn’t able to make last nights talk, but Malcolm gave a great account of the research being carried out. Hair traps were set up all over the island and the squirrel hairs were sampled...
