Recent sightings
Field Meeting Ashleworth 9-1-2022
A small group of about eight GNS members gathered for the first field meeting of the new year at Ashleworth Ham on Sunday 9 January 2022, in bright fine conditions,…
Coombe Hill, by Mike Smart
A report from Mike Smart: 04/11/21 Although the Severn level at Haw Bridge has peaked, the level has not dropped enough for water to flow out from riverside meadows. So…
Field Meeting Nottingham Hill, 21-9-2021
Notes from the field meeting that took place on 21st September. Keep an eye on forthcoming events on the events page. The walk on Nottingham Hill took place during a…
Lockdown blues. And whites, and yellows, and…
By Alan Waterman Like many others I had never heard of Wuhan and was only vaguely aware that there were a group of viruses known as Corona viruses. When first…
A Purple Surprise
A Purple Emperor was seen on Wednesday 22nd July in the copse south of the car-park at Guiting Woods. It was seen again on the track across the road through…
Edge Common / Haresfield Hill meeting notes
Back in December, Juliet Bailey led a general interest GNS field meeting on Edge Common and Haresfield Hill. Species lists for that meeting are in the process of being prepared,…
Cirencester Fungi
Juliet Bailey “was out near Cirencester yesterday (in the sunshine) and came across some lovely fungi. I’ve sent photos to John Holden of the Dean Fungus Group who has agreed…
Peregrines on the cathedral
Andrew Bluett had the following sighting of the Peregrines at Gloucester Cathedral on Friday. The male came in from the north over the roof (2025a) then headed for a perch…
Squatters in Little Owl box
As part David Priddis’s annual bird box check, he found some honey bee ‘squatters’ in the Little Owl box. There is some nice natural wax comb, it looks as if…
Sightings from GNS meeting at Ripple Lakes
Ripple Lakes are two former sand and gravel pits in the floodplain of the Severn in south Worcestershire, very close to the Gloucestershire boundary, one on each side of the…
Hedgehog in winter
Here’s one hedgehog at least that hasn’t gone into hibernation. A hedgehog has been coming to this feeding station in a garden near Redmarley throughout the winter so far, including…
Butterfly Backsides
Here is a selection of less than perfect photos of butterflies currently using my Buddleia. With the warm weather and fuelled-up on nectar they don’t stay still for very long…