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.
RSPB Gwenffrwd-Dinas: its History, Birds & Monitoring Pied Flycatchers.
Dan Jenkins-Jones of the Fledgemore Ringing and Nest Recording Group will talk to us about RSPB Gwenffrwd Dinas.
The site, located close to Llyn Brianne, has a large population of pied flycatcher as well as other classic Welsh woodland bird species. Since taking on the the Recapture of Adults for Survival project at the site the Fledgemore Group has spent considerable time each spring monitoring nest boxes, which involves a lot of scrambling up and down very steep slopes. They have been assisted by ringers from the Gower and Teifi Groups in what is a fairly arduous task, but one which produces excellent data.
Dan will also talk to us about the history of the site, which now supports re-established pine martens as well as a remnant red squirrel population, sits within a far larger area of protected land (the Elenydd-Mallaen Special Protection Area), and comprises a mix of Atlantic oak woodland, upland moorland and farmland.
£1 on the door to cover room hire.
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