In addition to the monthly meetings, members receive a newsletter each month, a copy of the Annual Report, have access to the BOS reserves and can participate in the various surveys undertaken by the Society.

You can join at any time of year. The fees listed below are the full annual rate. If you join part way through the year then a pro-rata fee will apply.

Adult £25.00
Joint £36.00
Junior (under 18) FREE 
Senior Citizen £18.00
Joint Senior Citizen £27.00
Corporate £40.00

 

To join, please contact the New Members Officer, Gary Waite (please see link on the Contact us page) or come along to one of our monthly meetings and speak to one of the committee members.

Bearded Tit at Bicester Wetland © Derek Hales Tree Sparrow at Balscote © Richard Dunn Song Thrush © Nick Truby Teal © Trevor Easterbrook

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 ...

Birds of Poole Harbour  –  Mya Bambrick

Poole Harbour is made up of many different habitats, which in turn provides a stunning variety of bird life throughout the entire year. The harbour is a designated RAMSAR site and has SPA (Special Protection Area) designation.  This means it hosts nationally and internationally important numbers of a whole host of bird species, making it one of the most ecologically important areas in Britain, not to mention being bordered by some of the most pristine examples of lowland heathland in the country.  Read more ...

Our annual winter count, carried out by teams of observers in each of the twelve 10km square, to record the number of bird species seen between 8am and 4pm.   Read more ...

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