by Mike Smart “The meadows of the Severn floodplain are of interest to naturalists for different reasons at different times of year. The suite of hay meadows at Ashleworth and…

We are currently finalising details of proposed field meetings for the Autumn / Winter season; a reminder of the next meeting together with further proposed meetings follows. Please note that…

by Alan Waterman This was a Bioblitz type of walk originally set up to look particularly at the fungi it being that time of year but as it turned out…

It’s that time of year again; GNS are inviting entries for the members 2024 photographic competition. The finalists will be exhibited in the New Year and the winners announced, probably…

On Sunday 28 July seven GNS members met at Persh Farm, Maisemore, at the invitation of the owner, Greg Chamberlayne, to look at the three flood meadows along the River…

by Alan Waterman This meeting was led by John Field ably assisted by his son Henry.  The group met up at the small car park for Buckholt Woods and John…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…