The 2026 WOS Calendar is now available by post - here’s how to buy: welsh-ornithological-society.sumupstore.com

Mae Calendr CAC bellach ar gael drwy’r post, dyma sut i brynu: welsh-ornithological-society.sumupstore.com

In this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes: - Greenland White-fronts arrive, but for how much longer? - recent sightings across #NorthWales - four awards and prizes at @birdsinwales.bsky.social annual meeting come north. 📷 @markaeaton.bsky.social www.birdnotes.wales/blog/as-wint...

Lovely day @birdsinwales.bsky.social conference on Saturday. Lots of interesting talks and catching up with friends. Hopefully lots of people inspired to start doing some bird recording. Check out @btobirds.bsky.social surveys here www.bto.org/get-involved... or just use @birdtrack.bsky.social

Congratulations to Heather and Geoff on their awards today, and their two lifetimes-worth of service to ornithology in Wales.

I love the @birdsinwales.bsky.social conference. The venue, the talks, the food, the stalls, the raffle! All brilliant, da iawn! But I really enjoy the socialising. Break times are scheduled perfectly into the day to catch up, or meet new acquaintances. Annual selfie with BTO’s Gethin Jenkins-Jones!

WOS Conference 2025: 'Hear it! See it! Record it!' Great talks about the importance of monitoring & recording birds and flora & fauna sightings. Fab day👌🏼 @birdsinwales.bsky.social @rivers-disguise.bsky.social @penrhynbirder.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social

Llongyfarchiadau unwaith eto @birdsinwales.bsky.social Great turn out, and fantastic speakers 👏🏼👏🏼

So well deserved! Both these individuals have played a part in where I am today - Heather via her amazing work on the Welsh Ringing Course (which I attended many moons ago!) and Geoff for entrusting me to monitor his Pied Flycatcher boxes until I relocated to East Anglia.

Diolch i @birdsinwales.bsky.social for letting me return to my Welsh roots and speak about @bto-gbw.bsky.social today. Great to catch up with folks and learn more about #WelshBird recording and how everyone can contribute!

HUGE diolch to ALL who supported and attended Conference. An inspiring, informative & wonderful day. See you next year! Diolch i BAWB am gefnogi a mynychu. Diwrnod ysbrydoledig, addysgiadol a bendigedig. Tan flwyddyn nesaf! @iolowilliams.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social

Our President Iolo Williams closing this year’s Conference. Ein Llywydd @iolowilliams.bsky.social yn cloi ein Cynhadledd eleni ✊

Liliana Tarrant-Snedden discussing the barriers (and solutions) to welcoming more young and female birders in Wales 🙌 Liliana Tarrant-Snedden yn trafod y rhwystrau (a’r datrysiadau) i groesawu mwy o adarwyr ifanc a benywaidd yng Nghymru ✊

Welsh ringing hero and expert Owain Gabb discussing all things ringing Yr arwr ac arbenigwr modrwyo Owain Gabb

📣 Student Research Award 2025 - Fraser Masterson 👨‍🎓 Gwobr Ymchwil Myfyrwyr 2025 - Fraser Masterson 🙌 Llongyfarchiadau!

📣📸 2025 Photography Competition Winner - Dave Parry Enillydd Cystadleuaeth Ffotograffiaeth 2025 - Dave Parry 🎉 Llongyfarchiadau!

📣🏅2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners - Heather Coats and Geoff Gibbs Ennillwyr Gwobr Cyfraniad Oes 2025 - Heather Coats a Geoff Gibbs 🙌 Llongyfarchiadau a diolch ❤️

Darn, I wish I’d be able to make it there

Another bird recording hero - Andy King Arwr arall ym myd cofnodi adar - Andy King

The brilliant Steph Tyler ‘A Lifetime of Birding’ 🙌

Conference kicks off Y Gynhadledd yn cychwyn

On the way to Conference? Here is where we are….. Ar y ffordd i’r Gynhadledd? Dyma lle rydym ni

Traffic jams meant I missed the #Starlings this evening in #Aberystwyth. Chattering away while I waited for my chips though! Looking forward to catching up with folks at the @birdsinwales.bsky.social conference tomorrow!

Woke to a wild and wet morning on the Ceredigion coast, but that's fine as today is indoors at the annual @birdsinwales.bsky.social Conference @aberuni.bsky.social. Look forward to catching up and meeting new people.

Big job in #Wales, leading the exciting multi-landscape, multi-partner, multi-species @naturambyth.bsky.social recovery programme. Deadline 12 November. #ConservationJobs swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...

This flock of Eider was the hightlight of a couple of hours at Point of Ayr over high tide in windy conditions. Also nice views of Sanderling and Rock Pipit on the beach. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingWales

The 2026 WOS calendar will be on sale at our Conference on Saturday! You can also order online. Bydd ein calendr 2026 ar werth yn ein Cynhadledd ddydd Sadwrn! Mae modd hefyd archebu arlein. birdsin.wales/the-2026-wos...

Great views of the Brown Shrike found by Steve Jones. #birdingWales

🚨WOS’ response to the recent Senedd debated petition calling on the installation of Swift bricks in all new buildings in Wales.🚨

🚨Ymateb Cymdeithas Adaryddol Cymru i’r ddeiseb a drafodwyd yn ddiweddar yn y Senedd yn galw am osod briciau Wenoliaid Duon ym mhob adeilad newydd yng Nghymru.🚨

Another visit to Flint Castle on the Dee Estuary this afternoon. Very pleasantly surprised to find 14 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers. Some were feeding in a group of up to 7, others mixed in with Dunlin, Knot and Redshank. Really good autumn for them. #birdingwales @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Quite an autumn for seawatchers in #NorthWales: the week's highlights, including a mainland Wryneck, in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes. And exciting news from @btobirds.bsky.social and @birdsinwales.bsky.social. 📷 @zoobirder.bsky.social #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/storm-a...

Birds are amazing. The last Wryneck I saw on the Great Orme was found by Rob Sandham over a decade ago. Today, I’ve just come across one in exactly the same bush as the last one! At the gunsite on the western edge of the headland. ☺️👍 #ukbiring #birdingwales

Our phonelines are open - members of Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales can now book their 2026 stay on Skomer. To book, call 01656 724100 Monday to Thursday between 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm only. For more important information about booking visit: www.welshwildlife.org/islands-booking-faqs

I was lucky enough to see the Pallid Harrier on Saturday as well, again quartering Llanrhidian Marsh just before sunset. Too far on that occasion for photos but a relief after dipping the Dowrog bird last winter. Also present a Swallow and pair of Kestrels. #birdingWales @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Rewarding seawatch at Point of Ayr this morning, with a single Leach’s Petrel and 3 Arctic Skuas including these two very dark chocolate brown juveniles. Beautiful markings. Glad I had my camera at the ready when they flew along the beach. #birdingwales @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Really nice views of the Pallid Harrier at dusk tonight, quartering Llanrhidian Marsh before going to roost. Double figure Great White Egrets, a pair of Peregrines, Kingfisher and a/the Glossy Ibis seen on a couple of occasions too. #birdingWales #rareBirdsUK #UKWildlife @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Don't forget there's a live indoor meeting at Pencoed Rugby Club on Tues [7th Oct], 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs room. Club member David Rich will be giving us an illustrated talk about his many birding visits to the USA. It'll be v interesting. The Rugby Club is in Velindre Rd, CF35 5PB. #birdingWales

Pa aderyn ydych chi fwyaf cyffrous i glywed amdano yng Nghynhadledd CAC? What bird are you most excited to hear about at the WOS Conference?

Dyma ein hymateb 👇

Fantastic to find 2 American Golden Plovers on Dale Airfield, Pembrokeshire, this afternoon. Such an elegant wader. #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK

Here's our response 👇

An update re our annual Big Bird Count in E. Glam - see glamorganbirds.org.uk/2025/09/15/2... This is due this weekend, 3-6 Oct. In view of the forecast incoming storm we've decided to add in the following weekend for allowable counts i.e. 10-13 Oct. #birdingWales

Exciting news! We’re planning the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31, and have met with @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social and @birdsinwales.bsky.social to discuss how we can work together on what we hope will be the most productive Atlas yet. #Ornithology #UKBirding

Skomer is now closed! 25,339 of you visited the island this year - our busiest ever year. Please be assured that we monitor our visitor numbers carefully to ensure that visitors do not negatively affect our wildlife. We thank you for continuing to support our work.

Neges i holl adarwyr Dwyrain Morganwg. Hoffech chi groesi'r ffin i Went nos Sadwrn yma? Mae'r sgwrs @gos-birds.bsky.social hon yn ymwneud â'n prosiect Pibyddion Gwyrdd lleol gan y BTO / @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social a'i ganfyddiadau anhygoel. #AdaraCymru #AdaraMorgannwg

Calling on all East Glamorgan birders. Nothing in your diary this Saturday night? Fancy crossing the border into Gwent for this event? This @gos-birds.bsky.social talk is about our local BTO / @webs-gsmp.bsky.social / @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social Green Sandpiper project and its amazing findings.

This Glossy Ibis has been making occasional visits to Kenfig Pool for over a week now. It allowed a nice close approach this morning before flying a little further up the shoreline where it continued to feed #birdingWales #ukbirding #birds #birdphotography

Gallai pob adeilad newydd yng Nghymru fod yn gartref i'r Gwenoliaid Duon – os gwnawn ni frics yma yn orfodol. ‼️ Mae'r ddadl yn y Senedd yfory.‼️ Cysylltwch â'ch AS lleol heddiw a dywedwch wrthyn nhw pa mor bwysig yw amddiffyn y Gwenoliaid Duon. Mae pob llais yn cyfri!

Every new building in Wales could be a home for Swifts – if we make Swift bricks mandatory. ‼️The debate is in the Senedd is tomorrow. ‼️ Contact your local MS today and tell them how important it is to protect Swifts. Every voice counts!