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Our national conference for 2021 will be a virtual event held hosted by the BTO on Saturday 6th November on Farmland and Birds in Wales, which was the theme chosen for the cancelled 2020 conference. There’ll be a programme of presentations with the opportunity for questions and discussion, quizzes, the usual review from our President, Iolo Williams, and summaries of activity from the BTO and RSPB. The headline presentations will be by Ian Newton OBE (morning) and Gavin Siriwardena OBE (afternoon).

You can find all the details of our new photo competition and the entry form by clicking here.

Up to the age of 25 you’ll get online access to all WOS publications – Birds in Wales, the annual Welsh Bird Report and the annual report on Scarce and Rare Birds in Wales. You’ll also receive the bi-monthly e-newsletter and the opportunity for priority discounted booking at face-to-face Annual Conferences. Click here to find out more.

The 2021 Derek Moore Student Research Award is now open for entries. Go to Student Research Award for full details, with guidance notes for applicants and the downloadable entry form.

Solar power is up and running, the last of the seabird chicks are fledging and waders and warblers trickle through.

This paper – Crimes against raptors in Wales 1990‐2019 – will be published in the 2021 ‘Birds in Wales’ and is available to read now. From this edition onwards we shall be publishing the full text of one paper on the WOS website. Learn more about this paper and read it in full by clicking on this post.