Recent news
Coombe Hill field meeting on 24 March to go ahead
The field meeting at the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve at Coombe Hill Meadows on Sunday 24 March will go ahead. Meet at the car park by The Wharf at 10.00 a.m. Following…
Herald Moth, Standish, 6 March 2013
A Herald Moth (Scoliopteryx libatrix) was on the wall in my hall. I sent the photo for confirmation to Robert Homan, the County Moth Recorder for V-c33, East Gloucestershire, who…
John Moore Museum: ‘The Kemerton Conservation Trust’ – A Talk by Chairman Adrian Darby OBE
Friday 15th March 2013 7.30pm to 8.30pm The Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire The museum is very pleased to welcome Adrian Darby OBE, Chairman and founder of the…
Polecat ?
I don’t know if the identification can be confirmed by these pictures, but this recent road casualty by the A38 at Coombe Hill today appears to be a Polecat Mustela…
Sunday’s field meeting at Upham Meadow to go ahead
The GNS Field Meeting, at Upham Meadow on the Avon near Twyning, planned on Sunday 24 February is to go ahead (unlike the January meeting at Lower Lode, which had to…
Letter from the Chair, February 2013
Dear Members This issue of GNS NEWS gives a good deal of prominence to the Forest of Dean, one of the richest and most interesting parts of our county in…
Latest on Cinderford Northern Quarter, Forest of Dean
The Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society has been following closely the issue of the planning application for building of new houses and a spine road through the Cinderford Northern Quarter, which will affect…
John Moore Museum – ‘Silent Spring Revisited’ – A talk by nature writer Conor Mark Jameson
Title ‘Silent Spring Revisited’ – A talk by nature writer Conor Mark Jameson Organiser John Moore Museum Date Saturday 2nd March 2013 Time 7.30pm to 8.30pm Venue The Old Baptist…
Farewell Mary Palfrey
Very sad that a lovely lady has gone (see Mike Smart’s post yesterday). Always cheerful, hard working, telling you straight how things are, demon driver, good naturalist. Here she it…
The late Mary Palfrey (1936-2013)
Several GNS members attended the funeral of Mrs Mary Palfrey, as St Edward’s Church, Stow on the Wold today. She had been fighting illness courageously for some time, and remained in…
Flooding still extensive in the Severn Hams
The latest round of deep flooding in the riverside meadows between Gloucester and Tewkesbury is beginning to drop, but many of the usual bird-watching areas are still inaccessible, and the…
More on Starling roosts
Alerted by a post on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust website, I went to look at another Gloucester Starling roost today. GWT says there is a roost “in the Bristol/Stroud Road area”. …