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December Field Meeting – Recognising trees in winter, Haresfield Beacon (15 December 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Nine members met near Haresfield Beacon for a session identifying trees and shrubs in winter. We saw 20 different kinds up close, plus alder, pine and larch at a distance….
Coombe Hill, GNS Field Meeting (6 October 2007, contributed by Mike Smart)
Five members gathered on a calm morning at the top of the Canal, then walked along the former towpath to the meadows; they completed the circular walk round the Gloucestershire…
Hatherop church, GNS Lichen Group meeting (22 April 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Seven members met for the group’s first meeting of the year. This set us off to a good start, recording more than 80 species (our average for a Gloucestershire churchyard…
Purton Field Meeting (14 April 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Five people met for a beautiful hot afternoon at Purton on the south bank of the Severn. We followed the towpath of the canal towards Sharpness, then went out onto…
Cooper’s Hill Wood Field Meeting (24 March 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Under the leadership of the county bryologist Peter Martin, a select band of members enjoyed the mosses and liverworts of Cooper’s Hill Wood, recording some 50 species including the local…
GNS Field Meeting to the Cotswold Water Park (9 July 2006, contributed by David Anderson)
A group met at Keynes Country Park for a walk around a number of gravel pits at various stages of development. Working, recently worked out, almost restored and flooded pits…
GNS Field Meeting – Guscar Rocks (10 May 2006, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
One of the highlights of this meeting were 4 Painted Lady butterflies, presumably newly arrived migrants, on the banks of the Severn near Guscar Rocks. Among the birds seen were:…
GNS Field Meeting – Russel’s Inclosure, Forest of Dean (6 May 2006, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
This was a very productive meeting in terms of species recorded. Birds included, Wood Warbler, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Goldcrest and many other woodland birds. Also Tree Pipit and Mandarin. There…
GNS Field Meeting – Ashleworth and Hasfield Hams (3 May 2006, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
This is the time of year to see the rare wild flower Mousetail (Myosurus minimus) a diminutive annual member of the buttercup family, where the centre of the flower bears…
GNS Field Meeting – Cleeve Hill (8 April 2006, contributed by Gordon Avery)
Some of the highlights of the meeting were: 2 female Wheatears, one in each of two different ploughed fields east of the horse paddocks, near the Golf Club House. On…
GNS Field Meeting – Waterhay, CWP(W) (26 March 2006, contributed by Gareth Harris)
Some of the highlights of the meeting were: Lake 68c from the new hide: Great Crested Grebes, Shelduck, Shoveler, Wigeon, Teal, Redshank, Snipe, Cetti’s Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Long-tailed tits, Bullfinch, Reed…
Coombe Hill Reserve Opening 2004: Gallery
Many GNS members will have visited the new developments at the GWT Coombe Hill reserve in the last year. The creation of areas of open water and a network of…