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Eclipse
A beautiful partial solar eclipse this morning. The sky was clear in Standish, and we were able to view it using both the telescope projection, and the pin-hole method using…
Cleeve Common Guided Walks – Cotswold Voluntary Wardens
Wild Farming At 10am on Tuesday 9th June 2015 at Cleeve Common, near Winchcombe, this guided walk will feature Ellie Phillips (Conservation Officer) and David Stevenson (Ranger) from the Cleeve…
Next Field Meeting – 21st March 2015 – Dymock Botany
The next GNS Field Meeting will take place on Saturday 21st March 2015 and is entitled “Botany around Dymock”. This is an appropriate time of year to visit the “Golden…
Hibernating Slow worm
On 18th January 2015 I was carrying out some pruning in my Woolaston garden when I saw a torpid slow worm on the ground, out in the open among the…
Otter at Coombe Hill Meadows
An Otter (Lutra lutra) was seen from the Grundon Hide on Saturday 28 Feb 2015 from 08:15. The animal spent about half an hour hunting along the edge of the…
G N S Annual General Meeting
Members are reminded that the Annual General Meeting of the Society is due to take place on Friday 27th March 2015 at 7.30pm at the Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Gloucester GL2 9EB….
John Moore Museum talk: Evolution, the Victorians and Ourselves
Evolution, the Victorians and Ourselves A talk by Doctor Darren Oldridge of Worcester University This talk will explore the cultural and scientific impact of Charles Darwin’s work on late Victorian…
Spring in sight in the Severn Vale
At Severn Vale sites there was a distinct decrease in ducks and geese today, and a slight increase in waders, the majority of which appeared to be excited passage birds,…
GNS Field Meeting at Brockeridge Common
About twenty GNS members and other interested participants took part in a GNS field meeting, held today, 15 February, at Brockeridge Common, north of Twyning, which is situated in the extreme north of…
Next Cirencester Indoor and GNS Field Meetings – 13th & 15th February 2015
The next Cirencester indoor meeting is due this Friday, the 13th February – an entertaining talk by Mervyn Greening. Mervyn is a licensed BTO bird ringer with a huge amount…
Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society – Proposed Rule Changes
The Executive Committee of the Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society have been considering and discussing some changes to the rules of the Society, first set out at the Society’s inauguration in 1948…
Gloucestershire Raptor (and Barn Owl) Monitoring Groups
The inaugural meeting of the Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group took place today (Saturday 17th January) at St. Peters R C School, Stroud Road, Gloucester. The meeting attended by 60+ people…