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: 31/05/2026 Time: 10:30 - 14:30 |
Botany for Intermediates
Tidenham Chase Car Park, Lydney Poor’s Allotment Leader: Jude Smith 10:30-14:30 Meet at Tidenham Chase Car Park at 10:30. W3W; pioneered.invested.courier GR: ST55853 99287 ‘An opportunity to improve plant identification skills. In groups of two or three, we will spend... |
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Date: 13/06/2026 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 |
Botany of Crickley Hill
Crickley Hill Cafe, Glos expel.amplified.cardinal Botany of Crickley Hill with David Armstrong 10:00-13:00 Parking: GWT car park £2.50 W3W: expel.amplified.cardinal Meet: Crickley Hill Café A walk through Crickley Hill SSSI with NT rangers. Recording on route, taking in calcareous grassland... |
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Date: 24/06/2026 Time: 10:00 - 15:00 |
Batsford Arboretum
Batsford Arboretum, Batsford Looking at notable trees and shrubs, with a focus on those collected by Gloucestershire's most famous plant collector, EH Wilson, 'Gardener, Botanist and Plant Hunter', who was born in nearby Chipping Camden. After our Batsford... |
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Date: 05/07/2026 Time: 09:00 - 14:00 |
Dragonflies and Damselflies at Woorgreens to celebrate ‘Dragonfly Week’.
Woorgreen car park, GR SO 624 125 Dragonflies and Damselflies at Woorgreens to celebrate ‘Dragonfly Week’. Leader: Rick Mundy Time 09:00 – 14:00 Parking: W3W: eggshell.developed.accented this the parking area closest to Woorgreens Lake, further parking is available opposite Speech House folders.rinse.meanders. ... |
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Date: 12/07/2026 Time: 11:00 - 16:00 |
Chipping Sodbury – River Frome to Sodbury Common
Wickwar Road Car Park, Chipping Sodbury Chipping Sodbury – River Frome to Sodbury Common Leader Olga Krylova We’ll walk along the River Frome and across Sodbury Common, recording wetland and grassland plants, as well as garden escape species. Based on the 2020... |
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Date: 16/08/2026 Time: 11:00 - 16:00 |
Wood fescue, Ferns and other species in Wye Valley Wood
Tintern Abbey, Tintern Wood fescue, Ferns and other species in Wye Valley Wood Leader: Olga Krylova 07800 928916 Meet: 11:00 – 16:00 Location: Tintern Abbey car park, Tintern, NP166SD GR: SO532001 Parking charges apply but may be waived with... |
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Date: 23/08/2026 Time: 14:30 - 16:30 |
Estuarine waders
Fretherne Swing Bridge, GL2 7JD Estuarine waders Leader: Andy Oliver Meet at 2:30 pm at Fretherne Swing Bridge, GL2 7JD, W3W: ///weeknight.digit.stew meet at 2:30pm as above OR meet at 1:00 pm at The Bell in Frampton if you would like to start with Sunday... |
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Date: 01/01/2100 Time: 00:00 |
More events soon
GNS hosts talks, events and field meetings throughout the year. These are always free for members. Future events will appear here as they are scheduled. |
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.