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.

Swift walk: Sketty

Queens Road, Sketty

As part of Wales Nature Week Swansea City Council and Gower Ornithological Society are running a number of swift walks in areas of town which are local hotspots for the species. Attendance is free. Please come along.

POSTPONED: Oxwich Marsh Ringing Demonstration

Unfortunately we have had to POSTPONE this event due to an unfavourable weather forecast. We will reschedule for as soon as we can find an alternative date. Join Gower Ringing Group at Oxwich Marsh. The timing of the field trip … Read More

Whiteford Field Trip

Meet at Cwm Ivy car park just before 09:00 so that we can head off promptly. There is a £1 parking charge (honesty box). The ground is likely to be  muddy and uneven in places, and the walked element will … 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

Long-eared Owls in our Recording Area

St Paul’s Parish Hall De la Beche Road, Swansea, United Kingdom

Mike Shewring will talk to us about one of our most enigmatic species, the long-eared owl. Mike has planned and undertaken a survey of the species in suitable habitat in the eastern part of our recording area, and will talk … Read More

Port Eynon Field Trip

Port Eynon

Please meet at the Salthouse at 08:00. 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

Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom

GOS will again be one of the sponsors of the Welsh Ornithological Society (WOS) Conference, which will be held at Aberystwyth University on Saturday 16 November. The conference will showcase current project research across Wales by amateurs and professionals, with … Read More

Wildlife Crime in the GOS Recording Area

St Paul’s Parish Hall De la Beche Road, Swansea, United Kingdom

Police Constables Simon Chadwick and Andrew Brown, who are members of the Rural / Wildlife Crime team covering Swansea, Gower and Neath Port Talbot will talk to us at St Paul's Church hall, Sketty. The focus of the talk will … Read More

Margaret Price Memorial Quiz

St Paul’s Parish Hall De la Beche Road, Swansea, United Kingdom

This year's quiz will be hosted by Josh Greatorex-Davies, last year's winner, at St Paul's Parish Church hall. The content will be varied (but all bird-related) and should cater for members with a range of experience. It will be £1 … Read More

Crofty Walk

Leader: Barry Stewart 07730 502738 Meet at 08:00 at Crofty Industrial Estate SA4 3RS /// zaps.trophy.solve Parking is shown on the cover photo above (see red dot). This will be a high tide watch to see waterfowl (egrets, brent geese, … Read More

Baglan Bay Winter Bird Walk (January)

SA12 7PH

Time & Location 25 Jan 2025, 13:30 – 15:30 Scarlet Avenue Car Park, Scarlet Ave, Port Talbot SA12 7PH, UK About the event As part of the Coastal Connections project, we will join the Neath Port Talbot Wildlife team  for … Read More