Meetings
Finding the Cricket Club Entrace
Coming off the Oxford Road (A4260) at the roundabout first follow the road sign to Bodicote, but do not take the next left towards Bodicote; follow the road into the new Davis Wilson Homes estate, Blackwell Drive. Immediately turn left off Blackwell Drive (before you get to the houses) - as if you are going into the new primary school car park - and then turn right onto the Cricket Club drive. View map.
Outdoor Meeting: 10 June 2024 @ 7pm
Our visit will be to the Society's Neal Trust Reserve at Oxhouse Farm, Combrook - led by Phil Douthwaite, the volunteer Reserve Warden.
Please park in the parking area on the side of the Fosse Way and then we shall use the entrance with the double metal gates. Please car share where possible to save on parking spaces, which are limited. Read more ...
Outdoor Meeting: 8 July 2024 @ 7pm
The venue for this walk will be Lower Nill Farm, Tadmarton Heath Road, Hook Norton, OX15 5DG.
Outdoor Meeting: 12 August 2024 @ 7pm
The venue for this walk will be Wroxton College, Wroxton, OX15 6PX. Please park considerately in the village and meet at the gateway to the College.
9 September 2024 - Indoor Meeting at 7.30pm
Hats off to Panama, searching for everything from Antbirds to Harpy Eagles - An illustrated talk by Alan Peters
Panama in Central America forms the narrowest part of the Meso-American isthmus linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Only slightly larger than Ireland it has an amazing avifauna of around 1000 species.
14 October 2024 - Indoor Meeting at 7.30pm
Essential Birding Gear – from Evolution to Revolution with Mike Alibone
Mike Alibone, Optics Editor, Birdwatch will be covering everything from the simplest optical gear to the most complex identification and recording devices, and presents an insight into the continuing integration of ‘high-tech’ systems that have revolutionised our birding over the last 50 years. Read more ...
11 November 2024 - Indoor meeting at 7.30pm
The Stories of British Mammals with Nick Martin
From bats to badgers, seals to stags, discover the greatest and smallest of our British mammals. Nick will explore woodlands, farmlands, the coasts and the mountains searching for the exciting animals that can be so elusive, but fascinating. Read more ...
9 December 2024 - Indoor Meeting at 7.30pm
First we will hold the Banbury Ornithological Society's Annual General Meeting, quickly followed by the annual quiz - a great time to put formalities aside and enjoy a fun, convivial evening.
The changing fortunes of Curlew Numenius arquata in the heart of England in the past 100 years
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 ...
Winter Random Square Survey: 23 or 24 November 2024
A survey where observers are each given a randomly selected 1km square and record all the species encountered and numbers of each for a minimum period of 2 hours between 9am and noon. Read more ...