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Woorgreens & Crabtree Hill Meeting Saturday 19th April
Andrew Bluett will be leading a meeting of general interest this Saturday, 19th April at Woorgreens and Crabtree Hill in the Forest of Dean – possible early Damsels and Dragons,…
Cinderford Northern Quarter visit 12th April 2014
Andrew Bluett was joined by Colin & Ingrid Twissell, Nick Christian, Simon Glover and Councillor Andrew Gardiner for the third visit to the Cinderford Northern Quarter development area. Andrew Gardiner…
Field meeting at Forthampton Oaks
The latest GNS field meeting took place on 30 March at Forthampton, just across the Severn from Tewkesbury. The main point of interest was the Forthampton Oaks Key Wildlife Site,…
Are these flying ants?
This question was put to me this weekend as hundreds, if not thousands, of little black winged insects (approx. 3mm long) settled on the white walls of our house and…
Forthampton Oaks and Brick Pits 30th March
Mike Smart (01452 421131) will be leading the next scheduled GNS field meeting on Sunday 30th March to the banks of the Severn to Forthampton Oaks and Brick Pits. Meet at…
What are Gloucestershire’s top 10 plant galls?
Is not something I have ever been asked, but should it be on the tip of your tongue, here is the answer: 1 – Aceria macrochelus (155 records). A mite…
Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society AGM 2014
The Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society AGM is due to take place on Friday 21st March 2014 at Watermoor Church Hall, Watermoor Road, Cirencester. The business meeting will be followed by light…
Cinderford Northern Quarter 16th March 2014
Andrew Bluett and Mike Smart visited the Cinderford Northern Quarter again for the second in a series of site visits and were joined by Colin Twissell (former Amphibian & Reptile…
Biodiversity Offsetting
In GNS News (March 2014) I have published an article entitled Biodiversity Offsetting – the new planning buzz-word. As promised in the article, copies of the Green Paper, the Wildlife…
GNS News – March 2014
The March issue of GNS News is on its way to you now. There are many interesting articles as usual – thank you to the recent contributors. Look out for…
Atlas of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland
The new “Atlas of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland” is due to be published in May 2014. This is a full colour book of approximately 400 pages from the British…
The Gloucestershire Tetradder No. 27
Gordon Kirk, while organiser of the BTO Bird Atlas fieldwork in Gloucestershire, issued a regular newsletter, which he called the “Gloucestershire Tetradder”. Now that the national Atlas, like the “Birds…