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
Illustrated artwork by Will Rose features a greenspace scene with a pathway, pond, trees, grass, bench, and birds in the trees including Blackbird, House Sparrows and Great Spotted Woodpecker. Wording alongside reads: The Birds in Greenspaces Survey starts 1 April. Tell us what birds use your local greenspace.
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
Rydym yn hapus i gyhoeddi bod ein prosiect adar ysglyfaethus Cudyll Cymru wedi derbyn cyllid pellach sy'n ganiatáu i'r prosiect i barhau am y tair blynedd nesaf.
Ariennir y prosiect yma gan y Rhaglen Rhwydweithiau Natur. Mae'n cael ei ddarparu gan y Gronfa Treftadaeth, ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru.
A view of the underside of a Kestrel as it hovers with its wings outstretched against a bright blue sky.
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.
Swift flying into a swift box by Nick Upton
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
A beautifully delicate Goldfinch's nest with six pale eggs framed by green leaves.
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/...
4/ The study will collect data to assess raptor and Raven population trends and breeding success across Wales, helping to support conservation decisions to protect these species.
3/ The survey season starts now, and is flexible so you can contribute as little as two hours a month! Whatever your skill level, we’d love you to be involved.
2/ It’s the second year of our Welsh Raptor Monitoring Project Cudyll Cymru, and we’re looking for more volunteers to record just one or all five of the key species in the survey, including Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and Red Kite and one crow species, the Raven.
A Sparrowhawk perches on a branch showing its barred underparts and yellow eye. Wording below reads: Can you help monitor raptors in Wales?
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
4/ Bydd yr arolwg yn helpu ni i asesu tueddiadau poblogaeth adar ysglyfaethus a'r cigfrain a'u llwyddiant bridio ledled Cymru, gan helpu i gefnogi penderfyniadau cadwraeth i amddiffyn y rhywogaethau hyn.
3/ Mae tymor yr arolygon wedi dechrau a, gan fod yr arolwg yn hyblyg, gallwch gyfrannu cyn lleied â dwy awr y mis! Beth bynnag yw eich lefel sgiliau adnabod adar, byddem wrth ein bodd os ydych eisiau cymryd rhan.
2/ Dyma ail flwyddyn ein Prosiect Monitro Adar Ysglyfaethus Cymru, Cudyll Cymru, ac rydym yn chwilio am fwy o wirfoddolwyr i gofnodi un neu mwy o'r pum rhywogaeth allweddol yn yr arolwg - y Cudyll Coch, y Gwalch Glas, y Bwncath a'r Barcud Coch ac un rhywogaeth o frân, y Gigfran.
A Sparrowhawk, Gwalch Glas, perches on a branch. Wording alongside reads: Allwch chi helpu i fonitro adar ysglyfaethus yng Nghymru? Can you help monitor raptors in Wales?
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/...
BirdWatch Ireland CEO Andrew Kelly & BTO CEO Juliet Vickery are sitting at a table outside smiling as they get ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31.
RSPB Chief Executive Beccy Speight & BTO CEO Juliet Vickery are sitting together at a table in the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge holding pens ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31.
BTO CEO Juliet Vickery & Scottish Ornithologists Club President Ruth Briggs are sitting at a table smiling and holding pens ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31.
BTO CEO Juliet Vickery & Welsh Ornithological Society Chair Anne Brenchley are sitting at a table together looking down and holding pens as they get ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31. Wildlife and nature themed artwork hangs on the wall behind them.
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
A crowd is seated listening to a BTO staff member talking at the first Welsh Raptor Convention.
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...
Diolch i bawb a fynychodd ein Confensiwn Adar Ysglyfaethus Cymru gyntaf, gan gynnwys ein siaradwyr gwych!
Gallwch chi ein helpu i fonitro adar ysglyfaethus hefyd trwy gymryd rhan yn ein prosiect Cudyll Cymru. Darganfyddwch sut ➡️ bit.ly/_CudyllCymru
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-...
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
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
A BTO staff member is giving a talk in front of a crowd with a screen in the background showing a Red Kite and Cudyll Cymru project information.
We had a great time at our first Welsh Raptor Convention! A huge thank you to everyone who came along and our incredible speakers!
A BTO staff member is giving a talk in front of a crowd with a screen in the background showing a Red Kite and Cudyll Cymru project information.
Cawson amser gwych yn ein Confensiwn Adar Ysglyfaethus Cymru gyntaf! Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb a ddaeth ac i'n siaradwyr anhygoel!
A Spotted Flycatcher perches on a piece of wood. White writing over the green background reads: Rivers vital for Spotted Flycatchers according to new research. Image credit bottom left reads: Spotted Flycatcher by Edmund Fellowes/BTO.
1/ Spotted Flycatchers are in trouble, declining by 92% in the UK between 1967 and 2020. New work led by @cateden91.bsky.social & involving BTO has revealed the importance of rivers for the survival of this Red-listed migratory species. ⬇️ #Ornithology
📖 www.bto.org/Spotted-Flyc...
Two BBC camera and sound operates are gathered around a group of three people who are ringing wading birds.
Don't miss this Sunday's BBC Countryfile when the team join BTO Cymru as we ring and study waders on The Menai Strait. #BirdingWales
📷 Robin Sandham
Three Velvet Scoters (Melanitta fusca) and two Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) among the grey waves in Liverpool Bay. The photo was taken in February 2023 when the seaducks were unusually close to the shoreline at Llanddulas.
A great day to be counting waterbirds for the monthly @webs-gsmp.bsky.social survey - and the 60th annual @wetlandsint.bsky.social count.
A roundup of sightings in #NorthWales in the @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes column.
Archive 📷 by Tony Pope from 2023
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/perfect...
And there will be a Breeding Bird Survey training event in Cardiff (location TBC) on Sunday morning, 1 March. Keep an eye on this account for more details.
A bydd sesiwn hyfforddi Arolwg Adar sy'n Nythu yng Nghaerdydd (lleoliad i'w gadarnhaur) ar fore dydd Sul, 1 Mawrth.
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