After a record breaking year last year, it looks like the BBS coverage in Wales could be even better this year! Thank you so much to all BBS volunteers across the country. Your time and effort is very much appreciated. Keep up the good work! @btobirds.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social

1/ We’ve been investigating Swift chick feeding rates using sound! 🔊 Swifts are declining in Wales, so @northwaleswt.bsky.social teamed up with us to research food availability during the breeding season by installing audio recorders at nest sites. 🎥 James Shrimpton #Ornithology #bioacoustics

1/ Rydym yn ymchwilio cyfraddau bwydo cywion Gwenoliaid Du gan ddefnyddio sain! 🔊 Mae poblogaeth y Wennol du yn gostwng yng Nghymru, felly ymunodd @northwaleswt.bsky.social â ni i ymchwilio i argaeledd bwyd yn ystod y tymor nythu trwy osod recordwyr sain mewn safleoedd nythu.

Fancy learning about Welsh raptor ID and ecology? Charlotte will be leading a free raptor walk on July 17th at Rhayader. Click on the link to sign-up! www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Wedi blwyddyn ers lansiad Cudyll Cymru, rydym wedi ysgrifennu erthygl (cyfieithiad o'r erthygl yn rhifyn newydd BTO News) ar y daith hyd yma! www.bto.org/about/where/...

If you’re a beginner birder in Wales, we need your help! Dinefwr Pools was last counted in 2024 and attracts a good variety of common waterbird species. If you think you can help please contact us via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at app.bto.org/websonline/s... #Ornithology #BirdingWales

1/ The latest Winter Gull Survey revealed that over the two decades since the last count, the total number of gulls wintering in the UK has decreased from 3.9 million to just under 2.5 million! 📉 #Ornithology #Seabirds 📖 Read the report www.bto.org/WinGSReport

(1/) Wales’ version of two up, two down has yielded some interesting results: There has been a 10 year increase of the distinctive Stonechat. It increased by 160% 2014-24 across the country. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #Ornithology

1/ According to the 2025 @bbs-birds.bsky.social Report, three bird species with very well known songs are showing contrasting fortunes across Wales at the moment: Skylark, Song Thrush and Yellowhammer. 📖 Read the report at www.bto.org/bbs-report @btobirds.bsky.social #Ornithology #BirdingWales

Don’t miss these free events for young people this weekend at Forest Farm Country Park! Book a space at www.bto.org/youth-events #BirdingWales

Peidiwch â cholli'r digwyddiadau hyn i bobl ifanc penwythnos yma yn Parc Gwledig Forest Farm! Archebwch le am ddim yma www.bto.org/youth-events

More than 16% of Wales has sites covered by volunteer surveyors for our Welsh Raptor Monitoring Project Cudyll Cymru! Thank you! But we still need more support to achieve our goal of producing regional trends for all 5 survey species – can you help? Sign up at www.bto.org/cudyll-cymru #BirdingWales

BBS is one of the most significant contributions that any of us can make to knowledge of bird trends in Wales. If you're part of the #BirdingWales community, can identify birds by sight and sound, please do consider helping: www.bto.org/get-involved... @btocymru.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social

Majestic pair of #Ravens high in the Carneddau yesterday. #birdingWales @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social

The 2025 BBS Report is out now! It was a record breaking year for coverage across the country, the best ever since the survey began in 1994. In Wales, the report showed Yellowhammer declined by three quarters, whereas Great Spotted Woodpecker increased by 248% from 1995 to 2024. #BirdingWales

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1/ The 2025 BBS Report is out now! It was a record year for volunteers taking part, with 2,800+ visiting 4,058 survey squares across the UK, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. A huge thank you to our volunteers! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology

Whether it’s a park, sports field or cemetery we want you to tell us what #birds use your local greenspace!🐦🌳 Sign up to our Birds in Greenspaces survey at www.bto.org/greenspaces Just download the app, select your greenspace and log bird records! #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdingWales

We’re delighted our raptor monitoring project Cudyll Cymru has been awarded further funding so it can continue for the next three years➡️ www.bto.org/cudyll-cymru This project is funded by the Nature Networks Programme. It is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government.

We're working with @bangoruniversity.bsky.social and @btocymru.bsky.social to map swifts and swift boxes in North Wales! You can help by recording swift sightings: cofnod.org.uk/projects/swift-recovery Or email hrb21gsx@bangor.ac.uk with the location of swift boxes. Please submit records by 31 March

Learning how to nest record safely enriched my birding and completely changed the way I looked at birds and their behaviour in spring. Want so share this experience and gather vital data for @btocymru.bsky.social? This free online event on 17 March is for you: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Charlotte Griffiths, from the BTO Cymru team, will soon be giving talks on Welsh raptors and our Cudyll Cymru scheme at Gilfach Nature Reserve, Rhayader on the 27th and 29th of this month. Sign-up today on the BTO Cymru events page here 👉 www.bto.org/about/where/...

1/ We need you to help us monitor raptors in Wales! 🦅 You choose your survey patch, like the route you enjoy walking each week, and the raptors you want to record. It’s as easy as that! Find out more and take part ➡️ bit.ly/CudyllCymru #BirdingWales

1/ Rydym angen eich help i fonitro adar ysglyfaethus yng Nghymru! 🦅 Chi sy'n dewis ardal i arolygu - fel y llwybr cyfarwydd rydych chi'n cerdded bob wythnos - a'r adar ysglyfaethus rydych chi am eu cofnodi. Mae mor hawdd â hynny! Dysgwch fwy a chymerwch ran ➡️ bit.ly/cudyll-cymru

Book a space on one of our free BBS events before they are full! Find a FREE training event near you on our website ➡️ www.bto.org/about/where/...

BTO Shropshire@btoshropshire.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Our friends in @btocymru.bsky.social BTO are running a free Breeding Bird Survey training event at Llandrindod Lake on 28 March. This survey is incredibly valuable for conservation, but takes just a few hours to do! Open to the #ShropshireBirding community, too! Click on the link to sign-up.

1/ Five leading charities forge partnership for bird conservation for the Bird Atlas 2027–31! 🐦 But what is the Bird Atlas? ⬇️🧵 #Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Read about our experience at our first Welsh Raptor Convention in our latest blog ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/new... Darllenwch am ein profiad yn ein Confensiwn Adar Ysglyfaethus Cymru gyntaf yn ein blog diweddaraf.

Catch up on the week's sightings in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes, including the largest flock of European White-fronted Geese in Wales since 1979. And nice to see a flock of Twite on the Dee, but for how much longer? 📷 Dave Williams. #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/geese-f...

Geese flock in but Twite fade away

The recent influx of European White-fronted Geese into Britain has been unprecedented in modern Welsh ornithology. Last week, 215 of these Russian-breeding waterbirds accompanied Pink-footed Geese...

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Thank you to everyone who attended our first Welsh Raptor Convention, including our brilliant speakers! @wildlifekate.bsky.social @mattspracklen.bsky.social You can help monitor raptors too by taking part in our project Cudyll Cymru. Discover how ➡️ www.bto.org/cudyll-cymru

In this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes: the first ever Wales Raptor Convention, the first results from the @btocymru.bsky.social Cudyll Cymru survey, and a roundup of the week's birding highlights in #NorthWales. 📷 Adrian Foster #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/raptor-...

Raptor fans… assemble

A sell-out audience met in Aberystwyth at the weekend for the first Wales Raptor Convention, organised by BTO Cymru. Last spring, almost 400 sites were visited by 263 volunteers participating in...

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East Glamorgan Birders...could you give up a few hours each year to help with one of the UK's most valuable bird surveys? A free @btocymru.bsky.social Breeding Bird Survey training event will be held at Forest Farm, Cardiff on 1 March. More info and link to book your place here: shorturl.at/aGfnp

Free Breeding Bird Survey Training in Cardiff – 1st March 2026

Fancy spending just a couple of mornings this spring taking part in one of the UK’s most valuable bird surveys? This year the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) will be running a free Breedi…

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Adarwyr Dwyrain Morgannwg - allech chi dreulio ychydig oriau bob blwyddyn i helpu gydag un o'n harolygon adar mwyaf gwerthfawr. Cynhelir sesiwn hyfforddi Arolwg Adar Bridio @btocymru.bsky.social yn Ffferm y Fforest, Caerdydd ar 1 Mawrth. Mwy o wybodaeth a dolen i archebu'ch lle: shorturl.at/aGfnp

Free Breeding Bird Survey Training in Cardiff – 1st March 2026

Fancy spending just a couple of mornings this spring taking part in one of the UK’s most valuable bird surveys? This year the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) will be running a free Breedi…

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