Past events
Past events are listed below. Upcoming events can be found here.
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Date: 11/05/2023 Time: 18:30 - 20:00 |
Coombe Hill
Coombe Hill Reserve, Tewkesbury Coombe Hill Reserve Hide. A repeat of previous years’ visits. This is an evening meeting based in the hide to watch the birds at their evening activities. Mike Smart provides a fascinating commentary. Meet in... |
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Date: 09/05/2023 Time: 18:00 - 20:00 |
Cotswold Water Park
Cotswold Water Park, Somerford Keynes Cotswold Water Park. An evening meeting for nightingales, and warblers, and a repeat of the successful meeting of 2022. This is the ‘other’ site in the county for nightingales, though the population remains fragile. Parking... |
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Date: 07/05/2023 Time: 05:00 - 07:30 |
Hartpury Orchard Centre
Hartpury Orchard Centre, Hartpury Hartpury Orchard Centre, An early start for those wanting to catch the dawn chorus. This is a joint event with the Orchard Centre. ‘At 5.15am we set off, when the mists above Colliers Brook and... |
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Date: 30/04/2023 Time: 11:00 - 14:30 |
Frome Banks, Stroud
Frome Banks, Stroud Frome Banks, Stroud. A walk around the woodland and canal path to see spring woodland and marginal/swamp vegetation, and canal aquatics - Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Black Spleenwort for example. There is the also the chance to... |
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Date: 17/04/2023 Time: 17:00 - 20:00 |
Witcombe Reservoir
Witcombe Reservoir, Gloucester A walk to and around the Witcombe reservoirs in search of birds and incoming Spring migrants. Meet and park close to Great Witcombe Church at SO 910 147. Leader, Andrew Bluett, gnsmembership@btinternet.com, 07584 689090. |
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Date: 05/04/2023 Time: 19:30 - 21:30 |
Pied Flycatchers - a talk by Professor Anne Goodenough
Pied Flycatchers. A talk by Professor Anne Goodenough. Anne will talk about the life history of the Pied Flycatcher, based on her own researches here in Gloucestershire. This is a Zoom talk which starts at... |
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Date: 05/04/2023 Time: 10:00 - 12:00 |
Hobbs Quarry
Hobbs Quarry, Longhope Forest of Dean Hobbs Quarry. SO 694195. This is the second of four meeting at this site, a former GWT reserve, to record the wildlife over the course of a year. If you are interested in attending please... |
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Date: 26/03/2023 Time: 09:30 - 12:30 |
Sherborne Water Meadows
Northfield Barn car park, Cotswold District Gloucestershire Park and meet at the Northfield Barn car park, SP 176154. The National Trust estate has recently established a couple of new paths here and there are some interesting habitats to explore: woodland, wood-pasture and... |
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Date: 22/03/2023 Time: 19:30 - 21:30 |
Image intensifiers and their use in natural history studies – a two-part talk by Anna Field and Richard Tyler
GNS AGM. Following a very short business meeting, there will be a two part presentation about the use of Image Intensifiers in natural history studies; Anna Field will deal with their use during night time... |
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Date: 15/03/2023 Time: 19:30 |
"Camera traps" - a talk by Gareth Jones
“Camera traps” a talk by Gareth Jones about his usage of this type of camera, including footage of some of the things he has captured on camera. This is a Zoom talk which starts at... |