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Criminals used a chainsaw to fell the active Osprey nest at Llyn Brenig the day after the first egg was laid. Here are the two birds looking at where their nest had been. The nesting platform has now been rebuilt – click here to read more.

The first full month of the season turned out to be one of the coldest Aprils on record, with snow briefly on the island and northerly winds holding migrants up. Continuing refurbishment work took place, with attention to the gardens and shrub clearance. Most of the expected warblers turned up - Blackcap, Sedge and Reed

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.

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.

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.

The overall winner from 166 entries is Stephen Culley’s portrait of a Tawny Owl and the close runner-up is Jason Hornblow’s study of a Dipper feeding a fledged juvenile. Many excellent entries couldn’t be squeezed on to the short lists – you can see all the winners, runner-up and highly commended here.