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: 06/10/2020 Time: 11:00 - 14:00 |
CANCELLED - Breakheart Quarry, Dursley
Breakheart Quarry, North Nibley Please note that this event has been CANCELLED. The former quarry contains several cotoneaster species, all of which have been identified by the national expert, Jeanette Fryer. Meet at the entrance to the nature reserve... |
Recent news
Gloucestershire Bird Report 2014-16
The latest edition of the Gloucestershire Bird Report covering the years 2014 to 2016 is now available to purchase from Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society, cost £15.00 + £3.25 Post & Packing…
Introducing Gloucestershire’s Robberflies
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Upcoming GNS events
Due to the country’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, and our efforts to minimise the spread, GNS obviously cancelled all our scheduled events that were due to take place during…
Recent sightings
Garden Illustrations 2
Thanks again to Sue Gage for sending in more of her excellent illustrations produced from wildlife found in her garden. You can see more of Sue’s work here. “I started…
Garden illustrations
Thanks to Sue Gage for these samples from her collection of garden-inspired illustrations… “I started making a record of our garden in 2016 with illustrations of the plants and wildlife…
Lockdown blues. And whites, and yellows, and…
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