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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...
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We also have a field trip tomorrow (Saturday 21st November) to Whiteford, meeting at Cwm Ivy car park just before 09:00am. Full details at the link below:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/whitef...
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Our AGM is this evening at 19:15 at St Paul's Parish Centre in Sketty, Swansea. There will also be a talk by Mike Shewring on the results of Chough surveys in Gower and a talk by Owain Gabb on Barn Owls. More details at the link below:
www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/gos-ag...

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November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our second event of the week is a field trip to Port Eynon on Saturday 18th October, meeting at Port Eynon Salthouse at 14:30. This is a good site for small waders, gulls, terns, and seabirds. Full details at the link below:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/port-e...
October 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The first of our two events coming up this week is an in-person talk on Friday 17th October on "Seals in Gower", by Gareth Richards. The talk will start at 19:15 and will be held at St Paul's Parish Centre in Sketty. More info in the link below:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/seals-...
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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...
September 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We have a field trip to Rhossili coming up on Saturday 20th September, meeting at the National Trust Car Park at 08:00am. This is a good area for migrants such as Whinchat and Yellow Wagtails as well as rarer species.

Full details at the link below:
www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/rhossi...
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We have a field trip coming up this Sunday 31st August to Whiteford, meeting at Cwm Ivy car park at 09:00am. Full details of the field trip and the location for meeting can be found at the link below:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/whitef...
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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...
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NPT Local Nature Partnership are running a Swift Walk on Tuesday 22nd July meeting at 19:30 at Pontardawe Library. Full details at the link below.

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/pontar...
July 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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...
July 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We have a field trip this Saturday 26th April to the Brecon Beacons to look for Ospreys and Ring Ouzels. The meeting point is at Craig y Fro (about 1km on from storey arms centre in direction of Brecon), meeting at 08:30. All are welcome. Full details below:
www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/brecon...
April 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
We have an in-person talk on Friday 21st March starting at 19:15 at St Paul's Parish Centre, Sketty. The talk will be given by Jim Ashton and is titled 'Where the Wrynecks sing: three years of nature conservation in Poland'. Full details at the link below.

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/where-...
March 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We have a field trip coming up this Sunday 16th March to Kenfig NNR meeting at 08:00am at the car park. Full details at the link below, including what birds we will be looking for:

www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/margam...
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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...
February 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have a talk coming up this Friday 21st February at 19:15 at St. Paul's Parish Centre, Sketty on 'Understanding and Conserving Gower's Birds', which will be presented by Gethin Jenkins-Jones from BTO Cymru.

Full details at the link below:
www.gowerbirds.org.uk/event/the-ro...
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM