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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  • Bioblitz at the National Botanical Gardens

    National Botanical Gardens of Wales, Carmarthen

    GOS will be attending the Bioblitz at the National Botanical Gardens of Wales on 19 and 20 July. We will have a stall on both days. For further details see: https://botanicgarden.wales/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/BioBlitz-Schedule-subject-to-change.pdf and: https://botanicgarden.wales/visit/whats-on/event/bioblitz-festival/

  • Pontardawe Swift Walk

    Pontardawe Library, Holly Street

    There will be a swift walk starting at Pontardawe Library, Holly Street (SA8 4ET) on 22 July. The purpose will be to look for and learn about swifts. The walk is a joint initiative between our friends in the Neath … Read More

  • Bird Ringing Demonstration: Oxwich Marsh

    Join Gower Ringing Group at Oxwich Marsh. The timing of the field trip should ensure that fledgling willow, sedge, reed, Cetti's and grasshopper warbler are likely, along with tits, finches, reed buntings and a variety of other species. Previous attendees … Read More

  • Whiteford Field Trip

    Meet at Cwm Ivy car park just before 09:00 so that we can head off promptly. Note that the car park is now pay and display. The cost is £5. The ground is likely to be  muddy and uneven in … Read More

  • Rhossili Field Trip

    A gentle walk down the Vile to Kitchen Corner, then around to Mewslade (albeit the direction / order may depend on wind direction and speed and where the migrants are likely to be). Rhossili is a good area for flocks … Read More

  • Farming and Curlew

    Sam Kenyon, the Curlew and People Officer for the South Clwyd Mountains and the Dee Valley will talk to us about the Curlew Connections Wales Project, which involves working with landowners, farmers and local communities across Wales to help the … Read More

  • Seals in Gower

    St Paul's Church Hall, De la Beche Road, Sketty

    Gareth Richards of the Gower Seal Group will talk to us about seal ecology and dispersal. Grey seal occurs commonly around the Gower coast with well known haul outs at Limeslade and on the Worm. What is less well known … Read More

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  • Port Eynon Field Trip

    Port Eynon

    Please meet at the Salthouse at 14:30. Location: Grid Reference SS 46914 84649 What3Words: headrest.imprinted.incurring This is a short walk out towards the point via a roughly surfaced track, then a tarmac track (permissive path) along the seaward side of … Read More

  • Welsh Ornithological Society Conference 2025

    Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

    The Welsh Ornithological Society (WOS) Conference, which will be held at Aberystwyth University on Saturday 25 October.The conference theme will be ‘Making your Birding Count’, and it will focus on the importance of recording and its value in supporting bird … Read More

  • GOS AGM and the results of the 2025 Gower Chough Survey

    St Paul's Church Hall, De la Beche Road, Sketty

    Our Annual General Meeting. We will reflect on the year and report back to members on activities, membership, financials and bird recording and will elect / re-elect committee members for the next 12 months. After the AGM there will be … Read More

  • Whiteford Field Trip

    Cwm Ivy car park

    Meet at Cwm Ivy car park just before 09:00 so that we can head off promptly. The car park now operates car registration recognition and there is a fee of c. £5. The ground is likely to be  muddy and … Read More

  • Ringing at Oxwich Marsh: 50,000 birds and counting

    St Paul's Church Hall, De la Beche Road, Sketty

    GOS chairman Owain Gabb will talk to the Gower Society about the long term ringing project at Oxwich. GOS members are welcome to attend. The Gower Ringing Group has been active at Oxwich Marsh since 2013. In this time over … Read More