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.
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GOS Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a Summary of 10 Years of Ringing at Oxwich
November 15 @ 19:15 - 21:00
Our AGM will provide members with information on GOS’s activities over the past year, our financial status and current membership. We will also confirm / reappoint committee members (and would welcome hearing from anyone who would like to join the committee).
Following the AGM, Owain Gabb will provide a summary of ten years of ringing at Natural Resources Wales’s Oxwich Marsh National Nature Reserve. During this period almost 50,000 birds have been caught at the marsh by Gower Ringing Group, providing a huge amount of information on seasonal patterns of use, timing of local migration and site fidelity in both breeding and wintering birds. The occasional rarity and local scarcity has been captured, including (memorably) a little bunting, two wrynecks and currently a total of 26 yellow-browed warblers.
We will meet again in the rooms at St Paul’s Church, off De La Beche Road, Sketty. There is ample parking. It is £1 on the door to cover room hire.