Gower Ringing Group

The Welsh Ringing Course was held between 27 and 31 August 2026 inclusive. The course was first hosted by Gower Ringing Group in 2015, and this was the tenth running of it. The 2026 course enabled a number of assessments … Read More

We were delighted to welcome the North Cornwall Ringing Group, led by Pete Roseveare, for their second visit to Gower over the weekend of 21/22 August 2026.  The visit allowed trainees and C Permit holders from both groups to work … Read More

The first six months of the year at Oxwich followed a familiar pattern: a weather affected first quarter; a quiet spring with recaptured birds much in evidence; and a steady increase in catches in June as juvenile birds of various … Read More

Overview of Ringing in 2025 This article provides a summary of our activities in 2025. During the year we continued to contribute important population data to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Constant Effort Site (CES) and Recapture of Adults … Read More

Gower Ringing Group currently has some capacity to take on new ringing trainees. If you are based in Swansea, Gower, Neath Port Talbot or the eastern part of Carmarthenshire, and would like to train as a ringer, we would be … Read More

The Welsh Ringing Course was held over the long weekend of 29 August to 1 September 2025. The course was first hosted by Gower Ringing Group in 2015, and this was the ninth running of it. The 2025 course (again) … Read More

2025 to date has gone by very quickly. Combined ringing totals from across all of our sites are presented in Table 1 below. Table 1: Ringing Totals (1 Jan – 19 July 2025 inclusive) Species Name Ringed Recaptured Ring Read … Read More

Overview of Ringing in 2024 This article provides a summary of our activities in 2024. During the year we continued to contribute important population data to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Constant Effort Site (CES) and Recapture of Adults … Read More

  The period between mid September and the end of October 2024 has been a good one at Oxwich, with a wide range of species captured. Totals are presented in the table below. Species Name Ringed Recaptured Total Blackbird 7 … Read More

The Welsh Ringing Course was held over the long weekend of 6-9 September 2024. The course was first hosted by Gower Ringing Group in 2015, and this was the eighth running of it. We had one year of enforced complete … Read More

We have reached and passed the mid point of the year without being troubled by summer arriving. This post provides a summary of the first six months of 2024, covering ringing totals up to and including 8 July. There have … Read More

Overview of Ringing in 2023 This article provides a summary of our activities in 2023. During the year we continued to contribute critical population data to the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) flagship Constant Effort Site (CES) and Recapture of … Read More

The Welsh Ringing Course was held over the long weekend of 8-11 September 2023. The 2023 course (again) focussed on permit assessments, with half of the attendees looking to be assessed for upgrades and the remainder attending for more experience … Read More

It has been a typically slow start to the year at Oxwich. There were no ringing sessions in January (when we focussed on High Pennard), but a spell of settled weather in February has allowed us to get going. Totals … Read More

Overview of Ringing in 2022 This article provides a summary of our activities in 2022. During the year we continued to contribute critical population data to the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) flagship Constant Effort Site (CES) and Recapture of … Read More

The long weekend of 9-12 September 2022 saw the return of the Welsh Ringing Course. We had had an enforced break in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while in 2021 the lack of available accommodation and continued Covid-related restrictions … Read More

A completely inaccurate weather forecast suggested it would be fairly windy, but rain was very unlikely. After a bit of deliberation we decided to give it a go at Oxwich. It was lucky that we did, as despite the regular … Read More