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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  • Swifts in our Recording Area

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

    In the last five years we have found out a lot more about swifts in our recording area. This has been through the work of two groups, Swansea Swifts and Neath Port Talbot Swifts, who have set out to understand … Read More

  • Port Eynon Field Trip

    Please meet at the Salthouse at 08:30. 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

  • Magical Merlins

    Online

    Raptor expert Keith Offord will talk to us about merlin, a species he has monitored in the Berwyn Special Protection Area, northern Powys, for many years. Merlin are a non-breeding visitor to Gower, being seen between autumn and early spring … Read More

  • GOS AGM and the Gower RAS on Jackdaw

    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

  • Results of the BTO Heathland Bird Survey (2025)

    Online

    Dr. Richard Francksen, Research Ecologist at the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), will provide an overview of the BTO's 2025 Heathland Birds Survey. The survey builds on previous national assessments to provide an updated picture of breeding nightjar, Dartford warbler, … Read More

  • Dryslwyn and Dynefwr Field Trip

    A venture over the border into Carmarthenshire with our leader Ed Hunter. The aim will be to search the area around the River Tywi for flocks of mute and whooper swans and geese (greylag, white-fronted and bean geese have all … Read More

  • GOS Annual Quiz

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

    Heather Coats, last year's winner, will be your host for the annual Margaret Price Memorial quiz. The cost will be £1 on the door.

  • Cudyll Cymru / Raptor Signs and Feather Identification

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

    Charlotte Griffiths, the BTO's Welsh Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, will provide a two part talk. This first part will concern Cudyll Cymru, BTO’s Welsh Raptor Monitoring Project. Charlotte's role for the last few years has been to develop and co-ordinate raptor … Read More

  • Crofty Field Trip

    Leader: Barry Stewart 07730 502738 Meet at 08:00 at Crofty Industrial Estate SA4 3RS /// zaps.trophy.solve This will be a high tide watch to see waterfowl (egrets, brent geese, pintail, shoveler, etc.) and waders (oystercatchers, knot, dunlin etc.) at Salthouse … Read More

  • Kidwelly Quay Field Trip

    We will meet at 09:00 at the carpark on Kidwelly Quay. Location is OS Grid Reference SN 39796 06391 What3Words: ///thanks.unloading.dripped Nearest postcode SA17 4UW The location is excellent for waders, wildfowl, herons / egret and gulls. We may also … Read More