Andy King has been the Bird Recorder for Breconshire since 2006 and edited every annual Breconshire Bird Report, writing all the species accounts himself. These reports  benefit from Andy’s exceptional knowledge of the county, its ecology and agriculture, and they are a good read. Breconshire does not have a bird club, but sightings and pictures are shared on the Brecknockbirds website, set up when Andy became Recorder. He gives talks and leads walks including the popular New Year event at Llangorse Lake.

Andy is the BTO Rep for Breconshire, organising BBS, WeBS and other surveys, recruiting and training, and taking a full part himself. He covered more tetrads for the last Atlas than anyone else in the county, visiting some of the more remote areas.

A  member of the national Rare Breeding Birds Panel, he monitors sensitive species, including  raptors, Golden Plover and Dunlin. His passion for upland birds shows in the Peregrine species account which he wrote in The Birds of Wales. He works with local farmers to protect nesting Curlews and Lapwings. (Andy also surveys Dotterel, Purple Sandpiper and other species under licence in the Scottish Highlands).

He has been a member of Llangorse Ringing group for many years, fully involved in various projects including  Constant Effort Survey and winter ringing in bird-friendly farm fields.

In 2023 Andy discovered a pair of Ospreys in the Usk Valley. He played a leading role in securing protection of the nest by the Welsh Government and setting up a monitoring Group.