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BTO Wales

RIver in Wales by Dawn Balmer

 

John Lloyd, BTO's
Honorary Wales
Officer

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The BTO’s strength in Wales is a testimony to the efforts of volunteers. For many years, the BTO’s Honorary Wales Officer, John Lloyd, and our team of volunteer Regional Representatives have promoted the Trust’s work and led on training and recruiting birdwatchers to take part in surveys. We hope to provide them with far more support in 2011, when we open up an office in Bangor.

 

The three key aims for the next few years are:

  • To attract more volunteers and members – so that we can provide more comprehensive information on important species of Welsh habitats – whether they be Pied Flycatchers in oak woods, farmland Lapwings, coastal ducks or House Sparrows in gardens. Click here to contact your local Regional Representative.
     
  • To work with partners in Wales, particularly the Welsh Ornithological Society, RSPB and CCW, so that we can develop studies and research which can explain rapid changes in numbers for species such as Curlew on upland farms.
     
  • To develop a Welsh voice for the BTO, focusing on issues that are important to Welsh birdwatchers – providing information in both English and Welsh.

A BTO Cymru Appeal was launched this spring, which has attracted £32,000 from birdwatchers, and we are currently trying to secure widespread and long-term support for the new Welsh office.