News & Views

In March 2024 a joint study between BTO Cymru and BSG Ecology looking at the potential for population level effects on red kites resulting from collision with proposed and aspirational Welsh wind farms was published. The study involved completing Population Viability Analysis (PVA) to model the potential impacts of current and proposed (including early concept) wind farm developments on the Welsh population of Red Kites.        
05 December, 2025
BSG Ecology was pleased to be the main sponsor of this year's Welsh Ornithological Society (WOS) Conference, held at Aberystwyth University in October. This year the Conference focused on the importance of data in informing bird conservation and research.
06 November, 2025
In early October, the whole team travelled to London for our annual employee ownership day. The location gave us an opportunity to explore one of the areas we have been working in recently and to use a venue, which as a social enterprise, aligns with our own values.
16 October, 2025
The annual Welsh Ringing Course was run over the long weekend of 29 August to 1 September 2024. The field elements of the course, including site preparation work, landowner liaison, health and safety and daily logistical planning were co-ordinated for the ninth time by BSG Ecology Director and Gower Ringing Group member Owain Gabb.
10 September, 2025
To celebrate ongoing success, our Welsh team recently got together to do a bioblitz of land at Furzehill, near Lunnon, Gower.  The site is owned by the Ecological Land Co-operative (ELC) who assist people in starting up small-scale ecologically sensitive farming enterprises.
14 August, 2025
BSG Ecology recently attended the careers fair at Oxford Spires Academy, a secondary school in East Oxford.  With the development of a forthcoming GCSE in Natural History this seemed a good opportunity to showcase to students in Years 7-12 the opportunities that a career in ecology can offer.
16 July, 2025