Welsh Officer
Barbara Brown is now the Welsh Officer
Email: barbara.brown@bsbi.org
Mobile: 07930 608 423
Twitter: @BSBICymru
Blog: https://bsbicymru.blogspot.com
The Welsh Officer provides support to County Recorders and other active BSBI members in Wales. This can include support in relation to using computers and MapMate to manage data, or in planning field trips.
Welsh AGM 2018 & 2019
Every year the Committee for Wales organises a meeting around the Welsh AGM. In 2018, the Welsh AGM was held in Aberystwyth and was a huge success - details to follow on the BSBI News & Views blog. Head over to the Welsh AGM page to find out what you missed! This year's AGM will be held in Llanelli between the 21st and 23rd of May. Click on this link for more information; https://bsbi.org/welsh-agm
Welsh Officer's Newsletter
Read the Welsh Officer's Newsletter:
Vice-County Recorder Reports
Meetings 2018
As well as many local and one-day field meetings, there are now two Welsh meetings which are annual fixtures:
The Glynhir Recording Week is held in Carmarthenshire (VC44). Read a report from it here.
The Caerdeon Recording Weekend is held in Merionethshire (VC48). Read a report here.
Rare Plant Registers
In March 2017 Wales celebrated the completion of a full set of Rare Plant Registers (RPRs).
Begun in Ceredigion (VC46) in 1978, the Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire RPRs are the latest additions to the series (many of which are available online). Meanwhile more updates are still being prepared and planned.
Training days
The next training event in Wales will be the Callitriche workshop held at Llangors Lake on the 22nd of June. Follow this link for more information and the paypal link. https://bsbi.org/brecknock
Links
- Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales)
- Cardiff Naturalists Society
- Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (Edward Lloyd Society)
- Llanelli Naturalists Society
- Local Records Centres Wales
- Monmouthshire Meadows Group
- National Botanic Garden of Wales
- Natural Resources Wales
- Plantlife Cymru
- Treborth Botanic Garden
- Wales Biodiversity Partnership
Welsh Bulletin
*NEW* The complete run of the BSBI Welsh Bulletin, current and back issues, is now available to download free of charge: go to the bottom of this page.
The Bulletin is produced twice a year and contains articles and news items of interest and importance to Wales.
Welsh members of the BSBI automatically receive a copy of the BSBI Welsh Bulletin. Back issues are available on request - please contact either Sally Whyman or Katherine Slade.
News, articles and accompanying photographs for the Welsh Bulletin are very welcome. The editors are Richard Pryce, Katherine Slade, Sally Whyman.
Records for publication in the Welsh Bulletin should be submitted using the form below (Excel format).
PDF downloads of Welsh Bulletin
- Bulletin 103 (Feb 2019)
- Bulletin 102 (Jul 2018)
- Bulletin 101 (Feb 2018)
- Bulletin 100 (Aug 2017)
- Bulletin 99 (Feb 2017)
- Bulletin 98 (Jun 2016)
- Bulletin 97 (Jan 2016)
- Bulletin 96 (Jun 2015)
- Bulletin 95 (Jan 2015)
- Bulletin 94 (Jun 2014)
- Bulletin 93 (Jan 2014)
- Bulletin 92 (Jun 2013)
- Bulletin 91 (Jan 2013)
- Bulletin 90 (Jun 2012)
- Bulletin 89 (Jan 2012)
- Bulletin 88 (Jul 2011)
- Bulletin 87 (Jan 2011)
Back issues of Welsh Bulletin
Bulletins from 2010 to 1964 can now be found in the Welsh bulletin archive
We hope that moving back issues to a new archive will make this page quicker to load.