Useful links

External websites

• Gwent Birders Facebook page
• Welsh Ornithological Society

Local helplines

Swan Rescue South Wales

If you come across an injured swan when out and about in Gwent please phone 01633 895241 or 07802 472788.

For advice on what to do if you find a sick, injured or abandoned wild bird or animal, there's a directory run by helpwildlife.co.uk

Off-road biking

If you see any off-road bikers hurtling across moorland or round the tracks of Wentwood or, indeed, anywhere where they shouldn’t be, please call the police on 101.

Gwent Police Rural Crime Team

The Gwent Police Rural Crime Team can be contacted on ruralcrimeteam@gwent.pnn.police.uk.

Local county bird websites

• Avon Birds
• Brecknock Birds
• Carmarthenshire Bird Club
• Glamorgan Birds
• The Birds of South Gloucestershire
• The Gloster Birder
• Gower Ornithological Society
• Herefordshire Ornithological Club
• Pembrokeshire Bird Group
• Severnside Birds 
• Wiltshire Ornithological Society

Local wildlife organisations

• Gwent Amphibian and Reptile Group
• Gwent Badger Group
• Gwent Fungus Group
• Gwent Wildlife Trust
• Monmouthshire Bat Group
• Monmouthshire Dragonflies (via British Dragonfly Society)
• Monmouthshire GreenWeb
• Monmouthshire Meadows Group
• Monmouthshire Moth & Butterfly Group
• Save the Levels
• South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre
• South Wales Otter Trust

National wildlife organisations

• RSPB
• BTO
• BOU
• WWT Slimbridge  

Other useful links

• Fatbirder: The World's Biggest Free Information Resource for Birders
• Bird Forum: The net's largest birding and wildlife community
• Bird Guides: Better birding through technology