Committee

Chairman	Currently vacant
Secretary	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Witt's End, Radbones Hill, Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5RA	Tel: 01608 644425
New Members' Officer	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bird Recorder and Data Manager	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Treasurer	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Reserves Coordinator	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Newsletter Editor	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.		Tel: 01295 721048
Conservation Officer	Currently vacant

Other Officers

Farming Adviser

Phil Douthwaite

Townsend Farm,

Radway,

Warwickshire

Tel: 07767 641362

Website Coordinator

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BTO Regional

Representative

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Witts End,

Radbones Hill,

Over Norton,

Chipping Norton,

Oxfordshire

OX7 5RA

Tel: 01608 644425

Facebook

The BOS maintain a Facebook page at this address: https://www.facebook.com/banburyos/. You can refer to this page within Facebook using the handle "@banburyos".

We also maintain a Facebook group called "Banbury Birds" which you can join to communicate with our members and the local community about birds: https://www.facebook.com/groups/banburybirds. You can refer to this group within Facebook using the handle "@banburybirds".

More information on how to use the group can be found in this article: Banbury Birds Facebook Group.

UK currently holds approximately a quarter of the global Curlew population, with estimates for England of about 30,000 pairs. National monitoring data show that this population has been in long-term decline since the 1970s and has almost halved in the UK over the last 20 years. In lowland southern England, the population has declined to about 500 pairs, with many colonies on the verge of local extinction. Read more ...

Dragonflies and butterflies of the Banbury area – an introduction - Steve Holliday and Mike Prentice

Members of BOS have a long history of recording birds in the area but during warm sunny days in spring and summer, many insects are also on the wing. Butterflies and dragonflies are among the most conspicuous and among the easiest to record as there are fewer than 30 regular species of each group to be found locally. Read more ...

A survey where observers are each given a randomly selected 1km square and record all species and numbers of each for a minimum period of 2 hours between 9am and Noon. Read more ...

Committee

Other Officers

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The BOS Curlew Recovery Project

9 March 2026 - Indoor Meeting at 7.30pm

Winter Random Square Survey: 21 or 22 February 2026