We have a talk coming up this week on Friday 28th November about bird ringing at Oxwich Marsh. The talk will be at St Paul's Parish Centre in Sketty and will start at 19:30. Full details at the link below:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/ringin...

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...

This weekend (19th and 20th July) there is a Bioblitz event at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, where we will have a stall. Full details at the link below:
www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/biobli...

We will be running a ringing demonstration on Saturday 26th July starting at 08:00am at Oxwich Marsh. Full details at the link below.

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/bird-r...

We also have a field trip on Saturday 22nd February to Kidwelly Quay, meeting at Kidwelly Quay carpark at 08:00. This is an excellent site for waders, wildfowl, egrets, and gulls.

Full details at the link below:
www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/kidwel...

My Poyser book, The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, is now published. 9 chapters, 320pp, 150+ figures, photos & tables on the ecology, behaviour, calls, id., habitats & conservation of these two species from Britain to Japan. More info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marsh-tit... #ornithology #ukbirding #birds

If you have any photos that you would like to be featured in the next edition of Gower Birds (covering 2024), then please send us a message on here or use the 'send a message' form on our website: gowerbirds.org.uk/contact-us/

All photos will be credited and are very much appreciated.

🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home.

Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info