2024 – Andy King

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 […]

2025 – Heather Coats

Heather Coats has made a hugely important contribution to ornithology in Wales through ringing projects and training, involvement in BTO survey initiatives and local atlas projects and her long-term active involvement with Gower Ornithological Society.

2025 – Geoff Gibbs

Geoff has been actively involved with local groups and projects across North Wales for more than 40 years and has contributed to regional and national projects throughout this time.

2023 – John Wilson

John came to South Wales in 1991, following work re-location from London. He joined the local bird watching society, the Glamorgan Bird Club and quickly became an integral part of it. Since those early days of his involvement and to the present day, John has undertaken the mammoth task of producing the annual East Glamorgan […]

2023 – Bob Tallack

Bob Tallack stands out amongst the active members of the Gower Ornithological Society because of the very professional nature of his birdwatching.

2021 – Al Venables

Dr Al Venables has been involved with the Gwent Ornithological Society for 49 years, as Chairman for a five year spell and for much of that time as a Committee member. He has given many talks to GOS over the years especially on weather and birds and on some of his birding trips. He was […]

2021 – Bob Haycock MBE

Bob Haycock arrived on the Welsh scene as NCC warden in Brecknock in 1978 straight from the wardenship of the Calf of Man Bird Observatory and his arrival at Llangorse Lake prompted the formation of the Llangorse Ringing Group; he became its first Secretary and then Chairman – a position he still holds. Early initiatives […]

2019 – Tony Cross

WOS Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 Tony Cross It seems premature to nominate Tony for a ‘lifetime’ achievement award as the boy is still going strong, active as ever. But the amount achieved already certainly merits this award from WOS. Tony grew up in Shropshire, where he started a ringing career that quickly took over his […]

2018 – Bob Howells

Bob Howells was one of the founder members of Gower Ornithological Society some sixty years ago, beginning a lifetime of generating bird data in the area, a contribution to GOS that is without equal. His counts of birds in Gower track the seasonal populations of estuarine species; he was West Glamorgan Regional Rep. for the […]

2017 – Jerry Lewis

Jerry has played an important birding role within Gwent and the wider area of South Wales over many years. He was a co-author of the first Gwent Atlas of Breeding Birds published in 1987 and the more recent Birds of Gwent published in 2008. He has expanded our knowledge on Goshawk, Wood Warbler and Hawfinch, […]