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Starling spectacle in the centre of Gloucester
As in previous years, there is a fair-sized Starling roost in central Gloucester, in Great Western Road, just behind the station. This evening, flocks were in the air from just before 16h45,…
Biodiversity Fellowships
The Field Studies Council is inviting naturalists to become FSC Biodiversity Fellows. They have been funded as part of DEFRA’s drive to encourage more taxonomy and identification training and expertise,…
Snow in Standish, 18 January
About 4 inches of snow fell in the Severn Vale this morning. When it was falling most heavily there was a Collared Dove calling in the garden. Perhaps it had…
Ice on the floodwaters
The Severn continues to drop (8.20m at Haw Bridge), but floodwaters are moving only slowly off the meadows, because there are few outlets back to the river. This morning, most of the…
Wetland Bird Survey in the Severn Hams today
The heavy flooding that submerged the meadows for the first ten days of January is now dropping, leaving lots of shallow floodwater in the Coombe Hill, Cobney/Leigh Meadows and Ashleworth/Hasfield…
Willow Tits in the Forest of Dean
A long term project on willow tits within the Forest of Dean by Robin Husbands and Nick Christian is now well underway thanks to support from local groups, including a…
Minsterworth Ham 9th January
Huge numbers of wildfowl on the still extensive flooding at Minsterworth Ham today, the most I’ve seen in this area. The highlight was a family party of five Whooper Swans. Other…
Cancellation of field Meeting at Lower Lode on Sunday 6 January
The proposed field meeting at Lower Lode at 11.00 a.m. on Sunday 6 January had had to be cancelled because the river banks are inaccessible as a result of flooding. …
‘What makes British wildlife special?’ – a talk by British Naturalist Stephen Moss
Simon Lawton, Curator of the John Moore Museum in Tewkesbury, has asked me to let you know of this event. Saturday 26 January 2013 – 7.30 pm The John Moore…
New Year’s Celandine
Finally a lovely sunny day with no rain. There is a patch of Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) in bloom in Randwick churchyard on a warm and sheltered south-facing bank. Usually…
Season’s Greetings from GCER!
Thanks to everyone who has give their time, support and records to Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records during 2012: here’s to a biodiverse (and hopefully a bit more clement) 2013!…
Cold snap, 12 December 2012
The cold snap with freezing fog has produced some lovely sights. Here again is one of my favourite plants.