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The British Trust from Ornithology (BTO) is the UK's leading bird research organisation. BTO Cymru seeks to give a Welsh voice and perspective on the important issues for birds in Wales. www.bto.org/about-bto/national-offices/bto-cymru-english
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.
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.
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/...
1/ Five leading charities forge partnership for bird conservation for the Bird Atlas 2027–31! 🐦 But what is the Bird Atlas? ⬇️🧵 #Ornithology
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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
We had a great time at our first Welsh Raptor Convention! A huge thank you to everyone who came along and our incredible speakers!
Cawson amser gwych yn ein Confensiwn Adar Ysglyfaethus Cymru gyntaf! Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb a ddaeth ac i'n siaradwyr anhygoel!
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...
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
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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Our spring bird ID and surveys training events are now on our webpage! Click here to sign up to a session today 👉 www.bto.org/about/where/... #BirdingWales
*Sold Out* We look forward to seeing everyone who will be joining us in a few weeks for our first Welsh Raptor Convention!
Only 10 tickets left! Book now for our Welsh Raptor Convention 2026! ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026
Not long left to get your ticket! Book now ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work...
Join us at our 2026 Annual Conference in Northampton on Saturday 28 February for a full day of inspiring talks from expert speakers, plus plenty of opportunity to chat to fellow birders. 🐦
Booking closes Sunday 18 January!
Hear from Dr Ellie Leech, Head of our Ringing & Nest Recording Team, as she talks about positive breeding success for 14 species, and the value of data gathered by BTO bird ringers. #Ornithology
From one direction a Bufflehead, from the other comes an influx of geese. The @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes roundup of what the cold snap brought to #NorthWales.
📷 Kev Hitch. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/freeze-...
Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree