Welcome! Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society (GNS) is the natural history recording organisation for Gloucestershire, UK, recording all of the flora and fauna in the county. The society publishes a quarterly newsletter, a journal and an annual bird report as well as organising lectures and field meetings. The society was formed in 1948 with the aim of promoting an interest in the varied wildlife of the county. At the same time, it assumed the task of recording the county’s flora and fauna. To assist in this, the society appoints and supports county recorders for all aspects of wildlife.
Our next event
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Date: 13/07/2024 Time: 11:00 - 16:00 |
Boundary Court and environs
Boundary Court Farm, Stroud Leader David Armstrong Meet at 11.00 at Boundary Court farm buildings (large modern barn) at the SE end of Selsley Common. Parking available. Grid Ref SO 826024. What3Words move.allergy.bonfires A ramble with the National Trust... |
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Ampney Downs, 25th June 2024
By Alan Waterman A limestone downland area in the east of the county, just north of Cirencester and part of the Barnsley Warren valley system. This meeting was led by…
Tewkesbury Nature Reserve, 17th June 2024
by Alan Waterman This was our second meeting lead by Giles Alder, he has two hats one is Cleeve Common and this time he was wearing his Tewkesbury Nature Reserve…
Hawkweeds in Gloucestershire
There are many flowers that look like Dandelions to the non-specialist. This key by Tim Rich will help you sort them out. He provided it as an introduction to a…
Ermine Moths
Several of us have noted unusual defoliation, especially of willow trees, in the Severn Vale recently. The trees look as though they have almost entirely lost their leaves, as if…
Special editions of The Gloucestershire Naturalist
Two new special editions of The Gloucestershire Naturalist will soon be available, TGN 42 on the Landscape and Landforms of the Cotswolds and TGN 43, a Key to the Hawkweeds…
Coombe Hill – 21st May
On 21 May (this year coinciding with Biodiversity Week) ten GNS members attended what has now become an annual evening field meeting in early summer at the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust…
Cleeve Hill field meeting report
by Alan Waterman Weather is always an important factor and, in the lead up to this meeting it had not been good. We met in the Golf Club Carpark and…
Pasqueflower
Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), a rare member of the buttercup family, is just coming into bloom. It still can be seen on a few sunny grasslands on thin soils in the…
Woorgreen and Crabtree Hill Sunday 24th March.
Good weather and a nice sized group, we were lucky to have some experts on hand so that a good range of speciescould be identified. With one exception(reptiles) we managed…
Snowshill field meeting cancelled
Please note that the field meeting that was due to take place at Snowshill this Sunday the 17th March has been cancelled. The location was checked in advance of the…
Cyril Hart Arboretum, Forest of Dean
Sunday 25th and it was time to ID some Conifers, lead by Clare and Mark Kitchen, quite a task as 36 keenGymnologists turned up. Is there such a word? Well,…
GNS field meeting – Chedworth’s Bryological Byways
The phrase good weather for ducks could be adapted to good weather for mosses, especially as toproliferate they need water so their antherozoids can swim, sperm like, to meet up…