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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  • 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

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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

  • Form and function of feathers and moult

    Mark Grantham, Licensing and Engagement Officer at the British Trust for Ornithology will talk to us about the form and function of feathers and moult. Mark has been ringing for over 35 years and has been a ringing Trainer since … Read More

  • The storm-petrel

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

    Dr Rob Thomas, author of a recent book on storm-petrels in the Poyser series, and a leading authority on European storm-petrel which he has studied for many years, will address us on the ecology of the species.

  • To Antarctica and back with Arctic Terns

    Dr Chris Redfern will talk to us about Arctic terns. Arctic terns are renowned for the global scale of their migration. The routes taken by individuals can be determined using small electronic ‘geolocators’ attached to a leg ring. These devices … Read More

  • Birds of the Pembrokeshire Islands

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

    Dave Astins will talk to us about the birds of the Pembrokeshire Islands. The Pembrokeshire Islands and the waters around them are important for a wide range of seabirds. Internationally important populations of gannet, storm-petrel, Manx shearwater, puffin and lesser … Read More

  • Kenfig NNR and Sker Point Field Trip

    Join us for a walk around Kenfig and Sker. High tide is around 07:30, so please arrive and be ready to head off by 08:00. Bring warm clothing, a thermos and whatever food you will need. We will be out … Read More

  • Pant y Sais Fen Field Trip

    Heil yr Ysgol, Jersey Marine

    Join us at Pant y Sais Fen, Jersey Marine, for an evening walk focussed on reed bed species including reed, sedge, Cetti's and grasshopper warblers, cuckoo and common waterfowl. We also expect species such as willow warbler and whitethroat around … Read More