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8th April 2021

Back on Bardsey for the 2021 season

The Bardsey team, led by Steve Stansfield, were finally able to cross to the island on Tuesday 16th March. After an early burst of spring migrants on 30 March, the weather turned very unfriendly! Read more here.

8th April 2021

Three small grants awarded for 2021 research

We are very pleased to award three small grants towards 2021 research – we received high quality applications and look forward to the results. Click here to read a summary of the successful applications.

2nd April 2021

WOS review of 2020 is now on our YouTube channel!

We’re sorry this has been so delayed, but the WOS review of 2020 is now up and running on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNU1jsCp3U. It has a great introduction from Iolo Williams, our President, and lots of news on current BTO research in Wales. There’ll be more to come from the RSPB later.

Featured Posts

The ‘Birds of Wales / Adar Cymru’ is due to be published on 1st July – you can now take up the pre-publication offer at £25 – saving £20!

Diversity and inclusion / Datganiad Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant

Newsreel

Photo competition – Stephen Culley’s Tawny Owl is a worthy winner

WOS online events update

Ceredigion Bird Reports for 2017-2019 now available online

WBRC 2019 report now published

Curlews 2021

Curlew – our poster bird for 2021 and more about World Curlew Day

Breeding season Curlew records needed for 2021

A Welsh Curlew photo gallery

Events for birdwatchers in Wales

COVID-19 We usually carry a running diary of Associate bird clubs indoor meetings and field trips here. With the current restrictions on social gatherings, clubs have suspended their planned social activities. We will re-instate this feature and the diary as soon as the regulations in Wales change to allow organised meetings and trips to take place. In the meantime, stay safe and go birding responsibly!

Interactive Map

Click on each county to discover more about birds and birdwatching

Scarce & Rare Birds Monthly Summaries

March 2021 – Wally the Walrus, winter visitors in summer plumage and harbingers of spring

It’s not often bird news in Wales is eclipsed by mammal news so we better mention the wandering Walrus which visited Pembrokeshire in the last week of the month, along with the lifting of travel restrictions, allowed many to connect with this magnificent species as it settled in Tenby. Splendid early records of some summer visitors: Manx Shearwaters, Sandwich Tern, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Redstart and Pied Flycatchers.

February 2021 – local patch birding, winter long stayers and first signs of spring

Many winter long-stayers remained faithful to their adopted sites and warm sunshine towards the end of the month brought a welcome arrival of the earliest spring migrants.

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