The SFS (Sustainable Farming Scheme) will be introduced across Wales in 2026 – act now to help ensure that it’s properly funded
The SFS (Sustainable Farming Scheme) will be introduced across Wales in 2026 – act now to help that it’s properly funded by signing the RSPB e-action petition.
Mallard ducklings – a great little citizen science project for everyone
DucklingWatch – a great little citizen science project to get involved with.
The Spring 2025 Newsletter is winging its way to WOS members
The Spring 2025 newsletter is on its way to WOS members and Affiliate Groups. Once again, it’s a bumper 26-page edition, packed with articles on several different types of bird recording, community and project grants, with news of the first award from the President’s Grant.
Curlew in Wales, the 2024 breeding season and beyond
An update by Bethan Beech of Gylfinir Cymru/Curlew Wales and Specialist Advisor, Terrestrial Species Recovery at Natural Resources Wales. As WOS members will know, breeding Curlew, along with a number of other breeding waders in Wales, are in significant decline and need urgent help to aid recovery. In Wales, the breeding Curlew population has […]
WOS Review of the Year 2024
2024 may well have been one of WOS’ most productive years to date. Here are some of the headlines and highlights from a busy year.
The Welsh List 2026
The Welsh Bird List 2026 The latest edition of the list of birds recorded in Wales has been published, but it’s more than a list. It also reminds us how the environment is changing, writes Welsh Bird Report editor Julian Hughes. The Welsh Bird Report 2024 will arrive with WOS members very soon, the only annual […]
Can you help WOS?
WOS is managed entirely by volunteers – and we urgently need more support to continue and develop our work.
Winter 2024/25 Newsletter sent to members and available on the website – another bumper edition
Installing Swift nest boxes on the Machynlleth Co-op is just one of the heartening stories in the new Newsletter.
Iolo Williams says: ‘One of the most significant wildlife appeals in Wales in recent years. Please give generously if you can’.
Tir Natur have set up a Crowdfunder to purchase 1000 acres of land for rewilding.
The December 2024 deadline for grant applications has now closed and we’ve received a number of applications
Three applications within the 31st December 2024 deadline are now under consideration. We’ll let you know the outcomes of these and there’s plenty of room (and money) for more applications for June 2025.