The planned GNS field meeting at Ashleworth Ham at 9.30am on Sunday 14 December 2025 has been postponed for the moment because of forecasts by the Environment Agency of flooding…

This was an evening meeting at the National Trust’s Sherborne estate using thermal imagers for night vision.  Despite near-continuous drizzle (which degrades the images) we were able to spot badgers,…

This year, the winner of the GNS prize for best MSc student poster was awarded to Bec Smith (Applied Ecology MSc), for research on the value of large woody debris…

Monday 21st April at Stroud Lansdown Hall, 4-7pm.Speakers: Mary Colwell (Curlew Action), Geoff Hilton (WWT) and our very own Juliet Bailey.Come and see the Curlew mural by renowned street artist…

16 GNS members had an interesting tour around Glass Eels UK. Director, Peter Wood took us through the journey of the eel from its egg in the Sargasso Sea to…

As a follow-up to the GNS field meeting at the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s Ashleworth Ham reserve on the west bank of the Severn last November, members took part in another…

Please note that there has been a minor change to the proposed meeting at the Beaver enclosure at The Pludds in the Forest of Dean. Please also note that it…

There is always a risk that field meetings in the Severn floodplain may be affected by floodwater, but the flooding at Coombe Hill has receded considerably over the past few…

14 members took part in a walk around part of Alney Island nature reserve which lies between the east and west branches of the Severn at the western edge of…

Sherborne National Trust estate falls largely into three habitats – tenanted arable farmland, water-meadows and woodland/wood-pasture.  Having walked round the second of these last year, eleven of us met to…

The results of the GNS 2024 Photographic Competition are now available to view using the links below. The finalists in each category were shown in the Zoom meeting which took place…

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…