Upcoming events
G.N.S holds many events throughout the year. All events are free for members.
Field meetings, unless stated below, will last about two hours and will be of general interest, including birds, botany, geology… whatever turns up! Stout footwear essential, and remember your hand-lens and binoculars. Post codes are sometimes provided to help satnav users get roughly to the right location, but please bear in mind that for rural locations these will only be approximate and you will still need to find the exact location from the grid reference.
Advice and Guidance for Field Meetings.
Health and Safety is of paramount importance. This document is essential reading and includes notes for organisers, notes for participants, and emergency contact numbers: Health and Safety for GNS Field Meetings (PDF).
For queries relating to field meetings please contact Jane Price on janeeast.lodge@yahoo.co.uk.
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Date: 14/05/2025 Time: 09:30 - 12:30 |
Floodplain Flora and Breeding Waterfowl
Greystones Farm GWT Reserve and Bourton Pits, Bourton-on-the-water Greystones Farm and Bourton Pits Park at the lay-by at the eastern end of RissingtonRoad OS: SP179197 W3W: history.shortens.grab Andy Lewis will lead this walk through the lowland hay meadows alongside the River Eye. Orchids... |
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Date: 19/05/2025 Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Improvers Botany
Edge Common (Rudge Hill) Park on Edge Road. The main car park will hold several cars: W3W: snowmen.craters.outpost Calcareous grassland with a rich flora. Individuals will have the opportunity to focus on a small area... |
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Date: 24/05/2025 Time: 11:00 - 17:00 |
Hieraciums at Painswick Beacon
Saturday 24th May 11.00- 17.00 Leaders Clare and Mark Kitchen Contact Clare Kitchen 07840 468856 A repeat of last year’s meeting to try and catch Queen Elizabeth II Hawkweed in flower and to familiarise ourselves... |
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Date: 25/05/2025 Time: 10:30 - 12:30 |
Skylark Survey at Minchinhampton Common
Sunday 25th May - Skylark Survey at Minchinhampton Common Meet at 10:30 am, at the Reservoir Car Park (right-hand side of the reservoir on Minchinhampton Common). What 3 Words: broadens.chatted.caskets OS Grid Ref: SO 855... |
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Date: 01/06/2025 Time: 11:00 - 17:00 |
Standish Woods, Short Wood and Haresfield Beacon
June Sunday 1st June 2025 11.00- 17.00 Leader David Armstrong Standish Woods, Short Wood and Haresfield Beacon Contact Clare Kitchen 07840 468856 Meet at the National Trust Car Park, Cripplegate, Shortwood, SO834086 To look for... |
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Date: 25/06/2025 Time: 10:00 - 14:00 |
Large Blue Butterfly
Meet at The Daneway Inn GL7 6LN W3W: hologram.careful.outdone I have been in communication with The Daneway Inn. To facilitate parking we are offering this field meeting as a FIELD MEET and LUNCH. After our... |
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Date: 01/07/2025 Time: 17:30 - 20:00 |
Laycombe Ditch Wood, north of Wotton under Edge
Tuesday 1stJuly 17.30 - 20.00 Leader Janet McDouall Laycombe Ditch Wood, north of Wotton under Edge Contact Clare Kitchen 07840 468856 A return visit to the wood to record summer flora, particularly in the more open... |
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Date: 06/07/2025 Time: 11:00 - 16:00 |
Minchinhampton Common
Sunday 6th July 11.00-16.00 Leaders Rupert Higgins and Olga Krylova. Minchinhampton Common A joint meeting with BSBI so this meeting requires booking by emailing Olga Krylova olgakvc34bsbi@gmail.com Contact for Olga Krylova; mobile. 07800928916 Meet at... |
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Date: 10/08/2025 Time: 11:00 - 17:00 |
Cadora Woods, Wye Valley
Sunday 10th August 11.00-17.00 Leader Olga Krylova Cadora Woods, Wye Valley Contact Clare Kitchen 07840 468856 A recording meeting to look for Spreading Bellfower, Climbing Corydalis and Upright/Tintern Spurge. Meet at the wood entrance track... |
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Date: 07/09/2025 Time: 11:00 - 17:00 |
Sharpness Docks
Sunday September 7th11.00-17.00 Leaders Clare and Mark Kitchen Sharpness Docks Contact Clare Kitchen 07840 468856 Park near the Dockers Club at SO671028. We will record canal-side plants and aliens. |
Additional events
In addition to the upcoming events listed above, members may like to know of the following field meetings.
Amphibians and Reptiles
Events and surveys across the county. Contact David Dewsbury for details. Phone 01594 832068, mobile 07786 543961, email david.dewsbury@btinternet.com
Dean Fungus Group
The Dean Fungus Group http://www.deanfungusgroup.com/ runs forays throughout the year. Contact John Holden for information on 01594 369445 or email myxomage@icloud.com
GNS Lichen Group
The Lichen Group meets once a month during the warmer months. New people, including beginners, always welcome. Lichen meetings begin at 11am and generally go on until about 4pm, though you are encouraged to stay for just as long as you wish. All you need is a x10 hand lens, and a picnic if you intend staying after lunch. To join the mailing list, email Juliet Bailey, glos.lichens@gmail.com
Maps and illustrations of Gloucestershire lichens are online at http://gloslichens.potsherd.net
Gloucestershire Invertebrate Group
The GIG has field meetings mainly at weekends from April to October. GNS members are welcome to come along and see what they do. Contact David Iliff, 01242 674398, davidiliff@talk21.com for further advice. Look out for Invertebrate meetings during National Insect Week.
Gloucestershire Botanical Group
Contact Mark and Clare Kitchen for information. Phone 01453 810958, mobile on the day 07783 448203, email clareandmarkplants@yahoo.co.uk
All meetings are for botanical recording and will not have had a visit beforehand so the excitement of what we find is for all participants. We will identify as many plants as possible so suitable for learners and more experienced botanists. As well as the plants we are searching for we will record all we see.
Gloucestershire Bryophyte Group
The Gloucestershire Bryophyte Group meets monthly from October to April; see the British Bryological Society website for details.