Winter Programme
Our talks programme will all be in-person presentations and will be in the Kelvin Hall lecture theatre on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm, except where otherwise stated. For those coming by car, parking is available nearby. For those new to the Kelvin Hall LT, it is along a long corridor beyond the reception desk. Several of the talks during this period are jointly with kindred organisations.
NB We warmly encourage members to bring specimens or brief accounts of recent noteworthy observations for presentation at the start of meetings. If these include photographs, please bring on a USB stick.
2026
SeptemberTuesday 8th
7:00pm. Gill Smart (SWT): The appliance of science: cow collars and other studies informing wildlife reserve management
Josie McPherson (Edinburgh University): Why do individuals differ? Exploring behavioural variation in amphibians
October
Tuesday 6th
7:00pm. Lucy Lapwing (wildlife writer): Love is a toad − on joy, grief and nature nerdiness (talk and book presentation).
Thursday 15th
7:00pm. Professor Ally Phillimore (Edinburgh University): How warmer springs impact on the timings that structure woodland food webs
Dr Caitlyn Johnstone (RBGE): Balance in the ecosystem: thriving greenery can face climate uncertainty.
This evening of talks on the impacts of climate change on wildlife is organised jointly by GNHS and the Glasgow branch of the Royal Society of Biology as a contribution to national Biology week.
Please note different day.
Thursday 22nd
7:00pm. David Treanor: The Argyle Street Ash.
This meeting is jointly with Glasgow Treelovers Society and Friends of Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
Please note different day.
November
Tuesday 10th
7:00pm. Colin Adams (Glasgow University): One name, so much diversity: does intraspecific variation matter in conservation?
Thursday 26th: Graham Kerr (Zoology) Building Lecture Theatre 1
7:00pm. Gary Skinner (entomologist): Lecture and Workshop on Ants.
Please note different day and location.
Numbers will be limited for this meeting, look out for booking information.
Jointly with UoG Zoological Society.
December Wednesday 2nd: Graham Kerr Building (Zoology) Lecture Theatre 1 5:00pm. Sandra Knapp OBE, FRS (Natural History Museum): The natural history of nightshades. This is the annual Blodwen Lloyd Binns lecture, organised jointly by GNHS and the UG School of Biodiversity. It is followed by a reception in the Zoology Museum. Please note different day and location.
Tuesday 8th 7:00pm. Bob Elliott (Wild Justice): Lessons from the hive: nature, bees and bee-keeping Jemma Guthrie (University of Glasgow: Ecology of moths Tuesday 15th: Hunterian Museum Entomology Collections at the Kelvin Hall Visit led by Jeanne Robinson. Numbers will be limited, watch out for booking arrangements. This event will precede the Christmas Social. Please note different day and location.
Christmas Social: details to be emailed to members.
2027
Talks for January to June will be added in December 2026.
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