GOS is a charity. Donations are welcome and it is only £12 to join (for which you get the annual bird report, email updates concerning events and an invitation to attend all of our walks / field trips free of charge). Walks are £5 for non-members. We welcome members and non-members alike to the free online talks. For in-person talks there is a nominal fee of £1 on the door to help cover room hire.
We encourage all to join the society and contribute to the bird recording and conservation initiatives GOS promotes.
Pine Martens in Wales
Our non bird-related talk this winter will be on pine marten. Katherine McBride, Carnivore Conservation Officer at the Vincent Wildlife Trust, will talk to us about the recovery of the species in Wales. The pine marten population in Wales was once at a very low level, but following reinforcement and conservation it is becoming widespread in mid and north Wales, with animals also in the Forest of Dean and Carmarthenshire (e.g. at Brechfa Forest). It could soon colonise our recording area if it hasn’t already.
It will be interesting to understand whether there are any implications for our declining woodland birds from this conservation success story.
£1 on the door to cover room hire please.