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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Recent news
Cotswold Water Park, 9 December 2012
Ken Cservenka led a walk round some of the lakes in the Cotswold Water Park, starting from the car park at Lower Mill estate. It was bright, but with a…
More flood scenes 1st December
Views of Ashleworth/Hasfield Ham (1st photo) and Coombe Hill Meadows (2nd) from Sandhurst Hill. Just the top few inches of the Coombe Hill Grundon Hide was visible in the distance, so it…
Letter from the Chair, November 2012
Dear Fellow GNS Members GNS was established in 1948, as a Society to encourage an interest in natural history; in the last ten years, the emphasis has been on recording…
Birds on puddles, 26 November 2012
The standing water in the fields has either drowned out a lot of worms, or at least brought them to the surface. I have watched gulls and corvids feeding on…
Floods alond the Leadon, 23 November 2012
Following heavy rain many rivers are in flood, including the Leadon, and its tributary the Ell Brook.
Surprises on the Severn Hams
Lovely clear autumn day on Tuesday 30 October, just a little mist early on, but no wind, and sharp clear visibility showing the colours in the trees and grassland. Water…
Autumn spiders on grassland in the Severn Vale
I was at Ashleworth early on the morning of 20 October and noticed that, on a coldish morning with a hint of frost, there was a huge quantity of spiders’ webs,…
Definitely Autumn in Standish!
As a further comment on Robert Homan’s post of 18 September about the start of autumn, there were Chiffchaff’s singing in my garden this morning (they’ve been quite noisy again…
Kites and roadkill, Shipton Oliffe, 8 October 2012
Coming along the A40 saw two Red Kites above the road, manoeuvering between the trees that line the road here, and dodging the heavy traffic, very interested in a large…
Farmland Walk, Standish, 23 September 2012
Six members attended the Farmland in Autumn meeting. Because of heavy rain, the walk was shortened to a quick tour of the new orchard where there are nearly 90 varieties…
GNS Library catalogue online
The catalogue of the GNS Library, which is held at Hartpury College, is now online at http://library.hartpury.ac.uk/liberty/opac/search.do Include gns in the search. Only the first 200 results are returned for…
The start of autumn?
When autumn starts depends on where your interests lie. If it birds then it could be when the first non-breeding waders return on their passage south; for me it when…