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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