Meetings
Indoor meetings are held on the second Monday of the month starting at 7.30pm, at The Banbury Cricket Club, White Post Road, Bodicote OX15 4BN. View map
Directions to outdoor meetings and start times are pubished in the Newsletter and on this website.
9 April 2018 - Indoor Meeting
Wader Quest – Supporting Shorebird Conservation - Rick & Elis Simpson
Rick and Elis Simpson are a husband and wife team who dedicate their lives to promoting wader conservation. Rick is a lifelong birder, writer and artist and worked for some time as a bird guide in the UK, Spain and Brazil. Elis is a keen photographer whose main interest is birds and wildlife in general.
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14 May 2018 - Indoor Meeting
Deer, Woodlands and Birds - should we be in a flap? - Jamie Cordery
Jamie Cordery is South East Deer Liaison Officer for The Deer Initiative, a broad partnership of statutory, voluntary and private interests dedicated to ensuring the delivery of a sustainable and well-managed wild deer population in England and Wales.
Outdoor Meeting: on 11 June 2018 @ 7pm
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Outdoor Meeting: on 9 July 2018 @ 7pm
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Outdoor Meeting: on 13 August 2018 @ 7pm
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10 September 2018 - Indoor Meeting
Silent Spring revisited - Conor Jameson
Conor last visited the BOS in May 2016 to talk about his book Looking for the Goshawk. This time Conor will talk about what inspired him to write his new book, and what he discovered when he looked into Rachel Carson's impact at the time of her era-defining book, and whether her warnings have been adequately heeded, acted upon, and remembered. Read more ...
8 October 2018 - Indoor Meeting
Marsh Tits: Ecology of a declining woodland bird (15 years of Marsh Tit and woodland studies) - Richard Broughton
Richard Broughton the Higher Scientific Officer within NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford. He is an ecologist and GIS specialist with particular interests in landscape ecology and the behaviour and habitat selection of birds and mammals. Read more ...
12 November 2018 - Indoor Meeting
Five go to Taiwan!! - Colin Wilkinson
In autumn 2017 The Franklins, The Lewises and Colin spent two weeks travelling round this interesting and picturesque island just off mainland China to seek out the many and varied birds and other wildlife - not least the 27 endemic birds. Read more ...
10 December 2018 - Indoor Meeting
The AGM and Quiz.
HS2 Route Across the BOS
Construction work on HS2 Phase One is due to commence in 2018, with completion scheduled for 2026. HS2 crosses the BOS area from Brackley to Southam via Chipping Warden. Read more ...
Long Day Count: 5 or 6 May 2018
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 ...