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
Cooper’s Hill Wood Field Meeting (24 March 2007, contributed by Juliet Bailey)
Under the leadership of the county bryologist Peter Martin, a select band of members enjoyed the mosses and liverworts of Cooper’s Hill Wood, recording some 50 species including the local…
Sightings – February 2007
Severn Hams (27 February, contributed by Mike Smart, Les Brown and David Anderson) The River Severn level continues to drop, but very slowly, so that water cannot flow off the…
Sightings – January 2007
Standish (31 January, contributed by Juliet Bailey) I heard the first blackbird song of the year today at dusk at the end of a fine warm day. He was perched…
Sightings – December 2006
Wildlife Bingo (30 December, contributed by Juliet Bailey) I have been the guinea pig naturalist this week on BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s Breakfast show. At the start of the week a…
Sightings – November 2006
Walmore Common (30 November, contributed by Mike Smart) Still extensive floods on the common. At 10.45am, there were three adult Bewick’s on the floodwater, 15 Mute Swans, 250 Wigeon, 100…
Sightings – October 2006
Glos (late October, contributed by Roger Gaunt and Robert Homan) There has been a marked increase in the number of records of the tortrix moth, Crocidosema plebejana with 3 at…
Sightings – September 2006
Sudmeadow (27 September, contributed by Gordon Avery) A Barn Owl seen in the osier bed on an early morning visit. Standish (25 September, contributed by Juliet Bailey) A Clouded Yellow…
Sightings – August 2006
Snowshill (30 August, contributed by David Anderson) Two Hobbies (flying South), one Little Owl, one Buzzard and one Kestrel (male) sighted from Snowshill Manor garden. One House Martin nest on…
Sightings – July 2006
Coombe Hill (25 and 28 July, contributed by Robert Homan) Indications of the effects of the heavy rain in the early part of the summer are the broods of 8…
GNS Field Meeting to the Cotswold Water Park (9 July 2006, contributed by David Anderson)
A group met at Keynes Country Park for a walk around a number of gravel pits at various stages of development. Working, recently worked out, almost restored and flooded pits…
Sightings – June 2006
Moth News (Late June, contributed by Robert Homan) The warm weather and southerly winds at the end of June produced many interesting moth records, including migrants such as this Bordered…
Sightings – May 2006
Severn Hams (27 May, contributed by Mike Smart and Mervyn Greening) A visit to Ashleworth Ham for ringing this morning confirmed just how seriously the recent rainfall and flooding has…