Local and other Welsh groups & organisations

• Gower Ornithological Society/Gower Ringing Group website
• Glamorgan Swift Champions – blog relating to the ongoing Swift project.
• Glamorgan Willow Tit project – set up after GBC was awarded a grant from WOS to do some survey work on this now very scarce species.
• Glamorgan Records Committee –  NB the previous GRC blog is rather out of date at the moment. The link here now takes you to the relevant page on this website.
• Gower Wildlife –  includes some latest bird sightings – you will need to register to post, but it’s free to view.
• BTO Regional News for East Glamorgan –  lots of information both local and more general.
• Gwent Ornithological Society –  the club in our neighbouring county.
• The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales – a concise guide to its activities and reserves.
• Gwent Wildlife Trust –  includes lists of events, reserves and species.
• Gigrin Farm – the now famous Red Kite feeding station at Rhayader, mid-Wales.
• Severnside Birds – information and news from the mid-Severn estuary, Aust Warth etc.
• Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust – includes a guide to its reserves.
• Skokholm Island Blog – up to date news from Skokholm Island.
• Skomer Island Blog – the sister island to the above.
• Pembrokeshire Bird Group
• Carmarthenshire Bird Club
• Radnor Bird Blog
• Glamorgan Moth Recording Group – the informative blog of this very active group.

Bird & wildlife rescue & hospitals

• Gower Bird Hospital – an organisation whose purpose is to care for sick, injured and orphaned birds and animals with the sole intention of returning them to the wild.
• British Wildlife help – general website for those seeking help for injured or sick wildlife

Local environmental organisations

• SEWBReC – the South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre.
• Wales Biodiversity Partnership
• Environment Agency
• Cosmeston Lakes Country Park – the official Vale of Glamorgan site.
• Bridgend Unitary Authority Biodiversity Action Plan – links to hte latest (2014?) pdf document – 72 pages
• Caerphilly Unitary Authority the link has a fault and has been removed for the moment
• Cardiff Unitary Authority Biodiversity Action Plan – this appears to be the relevant website
• Merthyr Tydfil Unitary Authority Biodiversity Action Plan
• Neath Port Talbot Unitary Authority   Biodivertsity Duty Plan     
• Swansea Unitary Authority Biodiversity Action Plan
• Vale of Glamorgan Unitary Authority Biodiversity Action Plan – scroll down to see a link to the downloadable plan.

National organisations

• British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC)
• British Ornithologists Union (BOU)
• Rare Breeding Birds Panel (RBBP)
• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)
• Welsh Ornithological Society/Cymdeithas Adaryddol Cymru
• Natural Resources Wales – the new body which has taken over the roles of Countryside Council for Wales, the Forestry Commission and Environment Agency Wales.
• Portland Bird Obs, Portland Bill, Dorset – the link is to their new blog
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Bird information & news

• BirdGuides – news and webzine site and a lot more, but best known for its online news.
• British Birds – the well-known bird journal.
• Cornwall Birding – official website of the Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Soc.
• Fat Birder – an excellent site with information about birding worldwide. This link takes you to the Wales section.

Bird recording

• BirdTrack – the BTO’s online bird recording facility, now used by very many people. Data recorded here can be downloaded by the local Recorder for use in for example the annual Bird Report. This is now our recommended online recording facility./