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.
Postponed: 6 April 2020 - Indoor Meeting
This meeting has been postponed due to the COVID-19 restrictions. We will reschedule this meeting when social gathering restrictions have been lifted.
Ecology and conservation of the Sociable Lapwing. - Rob Sheldon
Please note this is 1 week earlier than usual because of Easter
The Sociable Lapwing has suffered huge declines in range and population and is now listed as critically endangered. RSPB is working with a number of partners on the breeding grounds in Kazakhstan and on the migration routes and wintering areas in the Middle East and Africa to work out why this enigmatic and beautiful species has declined. Read more ...
Postponed: 11 May 2020 - Indoor Meeting
This meeting has been postponed due to the COVID-19 restrictions. We will reschedule this meeting when social gathering restrictions have been lifted.
Saving the Madagascar Pochard - Peter Cranswick
The Madagascar Pochard is the most endangered duck on the planet and was considered extinct until rediscovered in November 2006 at an isolated site in northern Madagascar. Read more ...
14 September 2020 - Meeting via Zoom
The BOS Pauline Flick & Balscote Quarry reserves – Jan Guilbride & Steve Holliday Read more ...
12 October 2020 - Meeting via Zoom
Wild Bees Matter – Roselle Chapman, Wild Oxfordshire Read more ...
9 November 2020 - Meeting via Zoom
Birding Northamptonshire - Mike Alibone
Mike is a Northamptonshire-based birder and ex-County Recorder for that county. Read more ...
14 December 2020 - Meeting via Zoom
The AGM and Quiz.
Members will automatically be sent details of how to join this meeting via Zoom.
Status of the Chaffinch in the BOS
In March 2020 the BTO launched their Chaffinch Appeal to raise funds to help them research why the UK population of Chaffinch is undergoing a significant decline. Read more ...