WOS Council Trustees

The Society has no paid staff and is managed by its volunteer trustees, elected for terms of five years by members at the Annual General Meeting. Council usually meets three times each year and minutes are vaulted inย our archiveย once they have been approved. ย For full details of how Council works, see theย Constitution.

President

Iolo Williamsย was elected President in 2009, succeeding David Saunders OBE. Iolo is a well known radio and tv presenter, who has done much to raise

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Chair

Mick Greenย has been a WOS trustee since 2008 and was elected Chair in 2015 (term ends in 2020). He is an independent ecologist based in

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Vice Chair

Anne Brenchleyย was co-opted as a WOS Trustee in 2019 having served on Council previously. She began birdwatching in Kent at the age of five and

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Secretary

Ian Spenceย has been secretary of WOS since 2007. His term ended in 2016 but with no-one willing to take the role, Ian was co-opted by

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Treasurer

Steve Sutcliffeย was was elected as Treasurer in 2016 (term ends in 2021). He has lived in Pembrokeshire for most of his life and has a

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Other Council Trustees

Heather Crump

Heather Crump has been a WOS trustee since 2017 (term ends in 2022) and assists Danielle Rouse with the Society’s Twitterย andย Facebookย pages.ย She has a PhD from

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Keith Noble

Keith Nobleย was elected as a trustee in 2015 (term ends in 2020). He moved to Brecon in 2007 after retiring from the RSPB where he

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Carlton Parry

Carlton Parry was re-elected at the 2017 AGM (term ends 2022), having served on Council previously. Growing up on the Welsh border, much of his

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Rhion Pritchard

Rhion Pritchardย has been a trustee since 2015 (term ends in 2020). He is the county recorder for Caernarfonshire, was editor of theย Cambrian Bird Reportย from 1996

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Jez Smith

Jez Smith was elected as a WOS trustee in 2019. He is a lecturer at the University of South Wales and a member of Cardiff

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Non-trustee representatives & Editor of Welsh Bird Report

Kelvin Jones

BTO Cymru representative Kelvin Jonesย attends WOS Council meetings as Development Officer for theย BTO in Wales, and has been a major player on the Welsh birding

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Neil Lambert

RSPB Cymru representative Neil Lambertย attends WOS Council meetings on behalf ofย RSPB Cymru. Neil started his RSPB career on the Mawddach in the early 1990s and

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