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
Sightings – November 2007
Hempsted (29 November, contributed by Gordon Avery) A pair of Stonechats again on Fieldings Playing Field, Sudmeadow Road. Sharpness area (26 November, contributed by Gordon Avery) Sharpness shoreline to Berkeley…
Sightings – October 2007
Severn Hams (30 October, contributed by Les Brown, Mike Smart and David Anderson) Paradoxically after the flooding of the summer, water levels at Ashleworth and Coombe Hill are low for…
Coombe Hill, GNS Field Meeting (6 October 2007, contributed by Mike Smart)
Five members gathered on a calm morning at the top of the Canal, then walked along the former towpath to the meadows; they completed the circular walk round the Gloucestershire…
Sightings – September 2007
The Mythe, Tewkesbury (30 September, contributed by Robert Homan) Further evidence of the effects of the floods on the timing of the flowering of plants – the lower branches of…
Sightings – August 2007
Severn Hams (30 August, contributed by Mike Smart and Juliet Bailey) We walked from the Wharfe end of the Coombe Hill canal to the Wainlodes end, taking in the surrounding…
Sightings – July 2007
Sudmeadow (23 July, contributed by Gordon Avery) A Kingfisher landed for a few seconds on the washing line in my floooded back garden. Severn Hams (20 July, contributed by Mike…
Sightings – June 2007
Severn Hams (27 June, contributed by Mike Smart) The Grundon Hide at Coombe Hill was only accessible with waders (or wet legs) the evening of 25 June, and the scrapes…
Sightings – May 2007
Walmore Common (31 May, contributed by Andy Jayne) A huge count of 254 Ravens flying into roost at Walmore Common in the evening, all arriving from an east or north-east…
Sightings – April 2007
St Mark’s Fly (25 April, contributed by Juliet Bailey) St Mark’s Fly, so called because it usually appears around St Mark’s Day (25 April), is in our garden in Standish…
Hatherop church, GNS Lichen Group meeting (22 April 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Seven members met for the group’s first meeting of the year. This set us off to a good start, recording more than 80 species (our average for a Gloucestershire churchyard…
Purton Field Meeting (14 April 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Five people met for a beautiful hot afternoon at Purton on the south bank of the Severn. We followed the towpath of the canal towards Sharpness, then went out onto…
Sightings – March 2007
Severn Hams (31 March, contributed by Mike Smart and Les Brown) For birdwatchers, as for weather forecasters, life is governed by ridges and troughs. Today was distinctly a day of…