Join us on 22 October for our next webinar where we will hear a round up of the UK Curlew breeding season. Please share with anyone who you feel may be interested in attending. Tickets are available now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk...

Most only get to see Sabine's Gulls through a rain-spattered 'scope, but this was the week to see them up close during the biggest ever Welsh influx. The week's sightings in #NorthWales in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes. 📷 Kevin Hitch #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/gales-b...

An article about my recent find of Holly fern in Cwm Idwal. The most recent nearby record was from Glyder Fawr in 1876 www.countryfile.com/wildlife/tre... @cofnod.org.uk @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

"Today, students aged 8 to 21 years are on average 12.2% less familiar with declining bird species than students in 2005" = extinction of experience. And not just students. It's now so long since I heard a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, I wonder if I would notice if one called while surveying birds?

With several sites in Wales hosting multiple Grey Phalaropes over the weekend, 2025 is now the best year this century, with 112. #BirdingWales The best-ever year will take some beating, however. 227 were seen from The Smalls lighthouse alone in just 12 days, during 18-29 September 1960.

Finally digitised transects I walked in May, counting Wood Warblers in the Conwy catchment. All 308.6km of them, mainly in @natreswales.bsky.social - managed Coed Gwydyr. Reliving sunny mornings and warbler and flycatcher songs brightened a dull job on a dank day. Hope they're safely in Africa now.

Book soon... if only to discover whether I've remembered to prepare a talk...

🌊 A historic day for our oceans! 🌍 With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation. Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social

Mae nifer y Gwenoliaid Duon wedi cwympo 76% yng Nghymru ers 1995 Mae'r ddeiseb sy'n galw am brics Swift i gael eu gosod mewn adeiladau newydd yng Nghymru yn cael ei thrafod ar 1 Hydref Mwy o fanylion i ddod am sut i helpu sicrhau bydd mwy o Wenoliaid Duon yn gallu dod adref i Gymru yn y dyfodol

Swift populations in Wales have plummeted 76% in Wales since 1995. The petition calling for Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Wales looks set for debate on 1 October. More details to come on how you can help us ensure that more Swifts can return home to Wales in future summers.

Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#SwyddiGwylltCymru #WalesWildlifeJobs Cynghorydd Arbenigol Adareg Ddaearol / Terrestrial Ornithology Specialist Advisor @ Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales Dyddiad cau / closing date 21/09/2025 swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... @birdsinwales.bsky.social

@rspbcymru.bsky.social calls on Ministers to act on advice received from NRW 2 years ago (!) for proper controls & oversight of gamebird releases. They don't even know how many are released, other than 'millions'. Find out how you can help 🔽 #BirdingWales raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...

It's great to have a positive news story. It just goes to show that we should never stop looking

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A Neolithic rock engraving apparently showing a Great Auk being captured | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Tim R. Birkhead, Robert Montgomerie | #ornithology 🪶

Tsk, you go looking for one rare caddisfly... and find an even rarer one. Top work from @rspbcymru.bsky.social's @naturambyth.bsky.social team at @northwaleswt.bsky.social's Cors Goch reserve on #Anglesey. www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

Mae ein cwrs ar-lein newydd ‘Adar Dŵr Cymru i Ddechreuwyr’ bellach llai na wythnos i ffwrdd! Cofrestrwch heddiw ar ein gwefan yma: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Our first ever online ‘Welsh Waterbirds for Beginners’ course is now less than a week away! Book your place today on our website here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Da iawn @natureswork.bsky.social!

Well done these lads. It all started at @btobirds.bsky.social Youth Camp. @btocymru.bsky.social

We're not done yet and it's already the best autumn for Grey Phalaropes in #Wales since 2008. And oodles of Curlew Sandpipers too. Catch up on recent sightings from around #NorthWales in the weekly @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes column. #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/ocean-g...

A six-month exclusion zone at an Ynys Môn nature reserve has come to an end after endangered seabirds returned to and nested in the area for the first time since 2013

An appeal has been launched to support the purchase

We have a very interesting online talk coming up on Wednesday 24th September about 'Farming and Curlew' which will be presented by Sam Kenyon. The talk will start at 19:30. For more details and the link to join, please click on the link below: www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/farmin...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 reaches Gough Island, where it is associated with mortality in three Tristan skuas. This is worrying because Gough Island is an important breeding site for seabirds, including several species of global conservation concern. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In what feels like the 100th story this week of how Wales is falling behind on environmental regulation and action to combat natural decline, the Welsh Government are dithering on regulation of gamebird release. Millions of invasive birds are released into the Welsh countryside annually. Enough.

We’re delighted to announce that within two weeks of its launch, our £35,000 Traeth Bach Appeal has already topped £10,000! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has contributed so far to help us realise our exciting conservation project in the Glaslyn Valley. www.glaslynwildlife.co.uk/traeth-bach-...

There's probably a Grey Phalarope in this clip, but I spotted it only after I'd filmed. Swimming, occasionally making short flights and dipping into the waves. Magic little birds! Also at Porth Cwyfan, 120+ Sandwich Terns, Whitethroat and several Greenshanks. #BirdingWales @angbirdnews.bsky.social

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Excellent article from the FT on the need to consider climate change and biodiversity conservation together and tackle both challenges together. www.ft.com/content/f84d...

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7/ With less than a year of this Senedd term left, time is running out. Welsh Government must act now❗️ Email the Deputy First Minister ([email protected]) to demand gamebird licensing & protect wildlife. Read more 👇 rspb.org.uk/wales/news/g...

1/ Mae dros 2 MILIWN o adar anfrodorol yn cael eu rhyddhau bob blwyddyn i gefn gwlad Cymru, heb reolaethau na goruchwyliaeth briodol, gan achosi niwed i'r amgylchedd naturiol. Mae amser yn brin – galwch ar Llywodraeth Cymru i drwyddedu'r rhyddhadau hyn nawr!

1/ Over 2 MILLION non-native birds released every year into the Welsh countryside, without proper controls or oversight, causing harm to the natural environment.  Time is running out – call on the Welsh Government to licence these releases now!

We support calls from @rspbcymru.bsky.social for Welsh Gov to stop delaying a decision on licensing gamebird releases. Bird flu compounds the risk of activities that already increase competition with rare species - like curlew & black grouse - for food. Why the delay? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Galw am dynhau rheolau 'anghynaladwy' ar ryddhau adar hela www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/ert...

I’m very pleased to announce that my new Curlew #linocut prints are now available! - limited edition of 10 prints - handmade original art - plant-based inks - no AI involved! - A4 size paper, easy to frame - ready to send to you now in plastic-free packaging. Head over to katiefullerart.etsy.com

A new report from Wales Environment Link shows that only 2.1% of Welsh land is properly protected for nature - far short of the Welsh Government’s 30% by 2030 target ✍️Martin Shipton

Poll of over 7,000 people reveals strong support for clean energy, nature restoration, and climate action. A large majority made up of people who think they are in a small minority, thanks to relentless misinformation online and in the mainstream media.

It's #BackBritishFarmingDay! 🚜🐄 No farming, no food!! But here’s the catch: 🐝 No bees, no pollination 🪱 No worms, no healthy soil 🐞 No beetles, no pest control 👉 No nature, no farming... So today, we’re backing British farmers AND the natural systems that keep them in business. 💚

"Are you a visionary leader? Would you be able to enhance a compelling future for the North #Wales #Wildlife Trust? @northwaleswt.bsky.social These are exciting times, and we’re looking for a new CEO to join us!" Repost please. #nature #conservation #job www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/north-w...

The largest flock of Glossy Ibis ever seen in #Wales heralded an unprecedented influx into Britain & Ireland. Plus other sightings from across #NorthWales, bookings open for the @birdsinwales.bsky.social Conference and finally my Swifts have left the building. www.birdnotes.wales/blog/swift-d...

Great piece today by Simon Barnes, one of last to see a Slender-billed Curlew observer.co.uk/news/science... following research confirming extinction @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Conference booking for non-members is now open! Details below. Mae tocynnau Cynhadledd i’r rhai nad sydd yn aelodau nawr ar gael! Manylion isod @rspbcymru.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social @iolowilliams.bsky.social birdsin.wales/2025-annual-...

Our current edition carries an inspiring article by Sabine Nouvet about our Welsh Wood Warblers – and a study that established their widespread use of non-classical habitats such as conifer plantations in Meirionnydd. www.natureconservation.wales/natur-cymru/... 🖌️ Sabine Nouvet