The Welsh Ornithological Society ( cy, Cymdeithas Adaryddol Cymru) is an organisation which promotes the study and conservation of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. Each year it organises a conference and publishes two issues of the journal ''Welsh Birds'', one of which contains the ''Welsh Bird Report''.Cromack, David, ''ed.'' (2008) ''The Birdwatcher's Yearbook 2009'', Buckingham Press, Peterborough.Hope Jones, Peter & Paul Whalley (2004) ''Birds of Anglesey'', Menter Môn, Llangefni. It was founded on 26 March 1988 at a conference in

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

. It now has about 250 members. The television presenter and author

Iolo Williams Iolo Tudur Williams (; ; born 22 August 1962) is a Welsh ornithologist, nature observer, television presenter and author, best known for his BBC and S4C nature programmes, working in both English and his first language of Welsh. After a 14-year ...

has been the society's president since November 2009. The society runs the Welsh Records Panel which decides on the authenticity of records of rare birds in Wales. It considers records of species recorded five times or less each year and decisions are published in the report ''Scarce and rare birds in Wales''.Green, Jonathan (2002) ''Birds in Wales 1992-2000'', Welsh Ornithological Society. The body continues the work of the Welsh Records Advisory Group founded in 1967.

BirdTrack

BirdTrack is an online

citizen science Citizen science (CS) (similar to community science, crowd science, crowd-sourced science, civic science, participatory monitoring, or volunteer monitoring) is scientific research conducted with participation from the public (who are sometimes re ...

website, operated by the

British Trust for Ornithology The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The Prince of Wales has been patron since October 2020. History Beginnings In 1931 Max Nicholson wrote: In the United State ...

(BTO) on behalf of a partnership of the BTO, the

RSPB The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a Charitable_organization#United_Kingdom, charitable organisation registered in Charity Commission for England and Wales, England and Wales and in Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, ...

, BirdWatch Ireland, the

Scottish Ornithologists' Club The Scottish Ornithologists' Club (SOC) is a Scottish ornithological body, founded in March 1936 at the premises of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. As of 2008, the SOC has 2,200 members. The Club runs the Scottish Birds Records Committee ...

and the Welsh Ornithological Society.

References

External links

Welsh Ornithological Society
Ornithological organisations in the United Kingdom Clubs and societies in Wales Ornithology in Wales {{ornithology-stub