Welcome! Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society (GNS) is the natural history recording organisation for Gloucestershire, UK, recording all of the flora and fauna in the county. The society publishes a quarterly newsletter, a journal and an annual bird report as well as organising lectures and field meetings. The society was formed in 1948 with the aim of promoting an interest in the varied wildlife of the county. At the same time, it assumed the task of recording the county’s flora and fauna. To assist in this, the society appoints and supports county recorders for all aspects of wildlife.
Our next event
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Date: 31/05/2026 Time: 10:30 - 14:30 |
Botany for Intermediates
Tidenham Chase Car Park, Lydney Poor’s Allotment Leader: Jude Smith 10:30-14:30 Meet at Tidenham Chase Car Park at 10:30. W3W; pioneered.invested.courier GR: ST55853 99287 ‘An opportunity to improve plant identification skills. In groups of two or three, we will spend... |
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The GNS ‘Curlew Meadows’ project
For many years now studies of breeding waders have been carried out in the Severn estuary and up the Severn and Avon Vales. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) organised…
Butterfly Backsides
Here is a selection of less than perfect photos of butterflies currently using my Buddleia. With the warm weather and fuelled-up on nectar they don’t stay still for very long…
Tudor Birds of Prey Day – Saturday 17 August
Organiser John Moore Museum Date Saturday 17th August 2019 Time Four sessions to choose from: 10.00am to 11.15am 11.45am to 1pm 2pm to 3.15pm 3.45pm to 5pm Venue John Moore…
Open Day – Prinknash Monastery Walled Garden – 7th August
Open Day with Activities for Children at Prinknash Monastery Walled Garden Stroud Valleys Project will be holding an open day at Prinknash Monastery Walled Garden on Wednesday 7 August 10.30am…
Launch of the Life Map in Gloucestershire – 23 April
On 23rd April 2019 at 2:30pm in the Collaborative Lecture Theatre, Oxstalls Business School, University of Gloucestershire we will be holding the launch of The Life Map for Gloucestershire as…
Identification please – object on twig with five lines
Ken Cservenka found this object on a blackthorn twig while doing a Brown Hairstreak egg search on the border with Wiltshire. He has no idea what it is, so please…
Protection of ground-nesting birds
This year, as in 2018, we have been erecting signs to protect ground-nesting birds at popular places in the Severn and Avon Vales, asking ramblers and dog-walkers to keep to…
Letter from the Chair, February 2019
Dear Members In my previous Letter from the Chair, I mentioned that there would be a change in the make-up of the Society’s Executive Committee after the forthcoming Annual General…
Signs at Upton Ham to help protect nesting birds
It is nearly time for the Curlews to return to their spring and summer breeding grounds, so as in previous years, signs are being erected asking dog-walkers to keep their…
John Moore Museum – Birds of Prey Day – Saturday 16 February
A Live Animal Event for February half-term week 2019 Organiser John Moore Museum Date Saturday 16th February 2019 Time 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm Venue John Moore Museum,…