Recent sightings
Scarce Chaser
I photographed this Scarce Chaser upriver from Ashleworth Quay on Sunday 22/05/16.
Scarce Fungus Weevils at The Mythe
During a morning walk through The Mythe Railway Reserve on 20 April I was surprised to find at least six of these beetles (Platyrhinus resinosus: Coleoptera, Anthribidae) resting on a log…
Redstart in Gloucester city
A Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) was sighted this morning (18 April) at 10:00hrs in the garden of Gloucestershire Archives in Kingsholm. It was positively ID’d (via the 2014 Crossley ID Guide)…
Otters seen at Coombe Hill
Water levels at Coombe Hill are currently quite high, because of recent rain and the high level of the Severn, made even higher by high tides between 6 and 12…
Coombe Hill on 16 April
Horrid weather with snow showers early in the morning, leaving probably the heaviest snowfall of the year on the Cotswolds and a little snow on the southern end of the Malverns,…
GNS Field Meeting at Minsterworth Ham on 20 March 2016
A small group of members took part in a field meeting at Minsterworth Ham on Sunday 20 March. This is one of the “Severn Hams”, the large grassy meadows in…
Latest from the Severn Vale
The level of the River Severn is dropping again, though quite gradually; paradoxically therefore, the river is dropping but the shallow flooding on meadows in the Vale continues to rise…
Wetland Bird Survey in the Severn Hams today
The British Trust for Ornithology organises regular monthly counts of water birds at wetlands throughout the United Kingdom – the Wetland Bird Survey, or WeBS. Counts are carried out on…
Latest on water levels and birds in the Severn Hams
The Severn level has been dropping sharply for the last few days, but not enough yet to allow all its tributaries to discharge their waters into the main river; so…
Bird numbers increase in the Severn Hams
The level of the Severn has risen considerably in the last week; the level at Haw Bridge yesterday was 10.36 metres, the highest so far in 2015. This is not…
Sparrowhawk attacking rat
On Tuesday 3rd November at about 08:30, I happened to be looking out at my back garden (which backs onto Weaver’s Field in Warden Hill, Cheltenham) when I spotted one…
Nightjar Meetings in the Forest of Dean
A total of 22 members and guests joined Andrew Bluett over three evening visits to the Forest of Dean on 18th and 24th June and 9th July 2015. Each meeting began…