Annual report of Scarce & Rare Birds in Wales
Welsh Ornithological Society
Working with the Welsh Rare Birds Committee (WBRC), the Society produces annual reports on rare and scarce birds in Wales. These are only published online and printed copies are not produced. The most recent two reports are available for reading and downloading for WOS members only. Earlier years are also available for non-members to read and download.
WOS does not provide instant rarity news as BirdGuides and Rare Bird Alert do, but we occasionally publish news reports on exceptional events outside the annual report.
The most recent report is for 2024 and is available for reading and downloading for WOS members only. The 2023 report is also restricted to WOS members only; the 2022 report will shortly be moved to the public download section.
Members Only Annual Reports
Public Annual Reports for 2017-22 (earlier years are available on request)
Monthly Reports
October 2022 – Tennessee Warbler, two Long-billed Dowitchers and lots more!
Although Wales didn’t quite hit the dizzy rarity heights of some parts of the UK during October, there were some cracking and unusual records, even if some of them were all too brief!
September 2022 – an excellent month for both waders and passerines
Wales’s best bird of the month consisted of an ORTOLAN BUNTING which racked up a four-day stay at Lavernock Point,
August 2022 round-up: shearwaters and petrels on pelagics and good warblers on land but avian flu hits Gannets on Ramsey and Grassholm
WILSON’S STORM PETREL has long been considered an extremely rare visitor to Welsh waters. Pelagic trips in recent years, however,
July 2022 – shearwaters and terns
In these monthly reports, species indicated in capitals are subject to acceptance by the British Birds Rarities Committee and species indicated in
June 2022 – a White-throated Sparrow in a garden bird bath!
In these monthly reports, species indicated in capitals are subject to acceptance by the British Birds Rarities Committee and species
April and May 2022
April 2022 Scrapes at Llanelli Wetland Centre WWT, Carmarthen, were brightened by the addition of a delightful male BLACK-WINGED STILT