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.
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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
Sightings – December 2010
Hempsted (31 December 2010, contributed by Gordon Avery) A male Little Owl was calling from the Priory, Hempsted at 00.50 this morning. The first record for this species in the…
GNS Field Meeting at Brim’s Pill, Awre
GNS Field Meeting at Brim’s Pill, Awre (12 December 2010, contributed by Juliet Bailey with pictures by Sheila Lisster) This GNS walk was at the Gloucestershire Wildfowlers Association reserve at…
Sightings – November 2010
Guscar Rocks and Westbury-on-Severn (28 November 2010, contributed by Andy Jayne) Guscar Rocks to Pillhouse Rocks – sightings included three Ringed Plover, 31 Golden Plover, a Grey Plover, c.150 Dunlin,…
Sightings – October 2010
Aylburton Warth (31 October 2010, contributed by Andy Jayne) At Aylburton Warth today 25 Teal, a Curlew Sandpiper, three Ruff, four Snipe, a Turnstone, three Rock Pipits and a Wheatear…
Sightings – September 2010
Coombe Hill area (28 September 2010, contributed by Mike Smart and Les Brown) Coombe Hill was quiet today with the water level low (no water in scrapes, but still some…
Sightings – August 2010
Selsey Common (30 August 2010, contributed by Peter Fitchett) Among the late summer species seen today were: Autumn Lady’s Tresses, three Adonis Blues as well as some Common Blues and…
Sightings – July 2010
Sudmeadow (30 July 2010, contributed by Gordon Avery) A Hobby over Sudmeadow today at 7.12am. Purton (30 July 2010, contributed by Andy Jayne) At Purton this evening: three adult Mediterranean…
Sightings – June 2010
Coombe Hill and Ashleworth (29 June 2010, contributed by Mike Smart and Les Brown) At Coombe Hill, the water level is dropping fast despite last night’s rain. The scrapes in…
Sightings – May 2010
Forest of Dean (31 May 2010, contributed by Mike King) This pair of Dor Beetles (Geotrupes sp.) was seen today at at Burnt Oak near New Fancy View. Minsterworth…
Sightings – April 2010
Swillbrook Lakes (28 April 2010, contributed by Ken Cservenka) In the evening: 1 Swift, several singing Cetti’s Warblers, 3 singing Nightingales, a Cuckoo heard. Also Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge and…
Cotswold Water Park Field Meeting (10 April 2010, contributed by David Scott-Langley)
Fourteen members met in the Cotswold Gateway Centre car park on a beautifully sunny morning. The walk was short in length (only about 650 metres on the outward leg) along…
Sightings – March 2010
Witcombe Reservoirs (31 March 2010, contributed by Gordon Avery) Seen around the reservoirs this morning were c.40 Swallows, 20 Sand Martins and 3 House Martins, all presumably knocked down by…