Gwent Ornithological Society

The Gwent Ornithological Society, founded in 1961, has grown to become one of the most active county bird clubs in Wales. We are proud to have such a dedicated membership and would love to see our Society continue to grow with members all across the county. As a GOS member you will be supporting a Society which works for the protection of birds and their habitats in Gwent. We organise indoor meetings, field trips and outings, and publish regular newsletters, an informative Annual Report and a popular website!

Latest sightings

Sun 22nd May 2022

Blorenge Mountain

Red Grouse

Sun 22nd May 2022

Rogerstone

Red kite

Sat 21st May 2022

Grosmont

Spotted Flycatcher

WELL, SWIFTS HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN GWENT! SCREAMING PARTY OBSERVERS WANTED!
Fri 6th May 2022
Do you remember the recent Dipper invitation to ask you to record swift nest locations? WELL, SWIFTS HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN GWENT! (see ‘Sightings’ website, 5th May) They won’t be nesting until late May /throughout June, so don’t start recording yet, BUT PLEASE START PREPARING NOW: 1) Decide whether ...Read here...
Dipper: Spring 2022 – Issue no.162
Thu 24th Mar 2022
THE DIPPER Spring 2022...Read here...
Breeding Bird Survey – Free Training Available
Fri 11th Mar 2022
Make your birding count – why not volunteer and do some survey work. The Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is the main scheme for monitoring the population changes of our common breeding birds. There are local sites needing volunteers, can you help? A free training video is available for anyway ...Read here...
Feral Pigeon Research – please help
Mon 28th Feb 2022
We’ve received the following request for help from Elizabeth Tatham, a student at Oxford University… I’m running a citizen science project for my master’s project at Oxford University to investigate the link between feral pigeon feather patterns/colours and air pollution. ...Read here...

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