The Birds of the Banbury Area (1967 revised edition) by Glyn Davies, is the first ten-year report by the BOS covering the period 1952-1961, with revisions to include information for the next 5 years, 1962-66. The report includes an annotated list of bird species seen in the BOS survey area along with sightings during 1952-61. There is an additional section covering records of uncommon species over the period 1962-66. There is a table listing all the recorded sightings of uncommon species over the period 1830-1961, based on published reports.

The report can be viewed and downloaded by selecting this link: The Birds of the Banbury Area

The contents of the report include:

- The Terrain of the Banbury Area

- Annotated List of the Birds of the Banbury Area

- A Review of the Annotated List, January 1967

- Bibliography

- The Banbury Ornithological Society

- Special Fieldwork

- Individual Research

This new paper, published on World Curlew Day on 21 April 2022, describes the current and historical status of the Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata in an area of 1200 square kilometres centred on Banbury.   Click here to link to the paper Read more ...

Do protected areas benefit birds and butterflies?  -  Dr Ailidh Barnes 

Ailidh Barnes is in the BTO Monitoring Research Team and works on a wide range of projects related to understanding change in populations of birds and other taxa, and the effectiveness of protected areas. Read more ...

 

The Long Day Count is carried out by teams of observers in each of the twelve 10km squares recording the number of bird species seen during a maximum of 12 daylight hours on the second Sunday in May each year. Read more ...

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