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GNS Indoor Meeting – Friday 12th December 2014
The next GNS Indoor Meeting will be on Friday 12th December 2014 at Watermoor Church Hall, Cirencester at 7.30pm. Our membership Secretary, Andrew Bluett will present an illustrated talk about…
The Gloucestershire Naturalist Vols 13 & 14
GNS is pleased to advise that we now have two further back issues of The Gloucestershire Naturalist available as scanned files on CD ROM, volumes 13 (2000) and 14 (2008), Stephen…
Field Meeting, Hobbs Quarry – Sunday 23rd November
The next GNS event will be a meeting at Longhope to visit Hobbs Quarry, a Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve which is an SSSI for its fossil rich exposures of Wenlock…
THE CONSERVATION OF BRYOPHYTES IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE by Richard Lansdown
Whilst GNS does not normally advertise the meetings of other societies, we do have close links with the Bristol Naturalists Society and their next indoor meeting is directly related to…
The Gloucestershire Naturalist Volumes 1 – 12
As a result of having to provide copies of back issues of The Gloucestershire Naturalist Volumes 1 – 12 to the British Library and through the generosity of some of our…
GNS Joint Meeting with Painswick Bird Club
Poles Apart by Dr Michael Leach The next event in the GNS calendar is a joint meeting with Painswick Bird Club on Tuesday 4th November commencing at 7.30pm in…
Field Meeting at Plusterwine and Aylburton Warth 12th October 2014
Mike Smart was joined by seven members for this field meeting to visit and view the early stages of the development of new salt marsh on the riverside at the…
Slad Valley Pocket Guide – Wildflowers, Butterflies and Trees
The idyllic Slad Valley in Gloucestershire is one of Britain’s richest and most diverse habitats. This coat-pocket guide in sturdy hardback is an ideal walker’s companion, with 450 colour photographs…
Forthcoming Meetings
We have two GNS Meetings coming up this weekend… Friday evening, the 10th, at Watermoor Church Hall, Cirencester, an indoor meeting “A Journey into the Unseen World of Insects” with…
Red Kite and Buzzards at Hampen
Whilst a passenger in a car driving on the A436 from Andoversford towards Naunton on Saturday (about 13:30hrs) I spotted what appeared to be a group of buzzards – 1…
A provisional Red Data Book of Gloucestershire Bryophytes
GLOUCESTERSHIRE NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY Is pleased to advise members that we now have a limited number of copies of “A provisional Red Data Book of Gloucestershire Bryophytes” by renowned local ecologist…
Cinderford Northern Quarter – Petition
The Dean Natural Alliance has informed Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society about the 38 Degrees Petition asking the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to hold a public enquiry on…