The BOS newsletters have been compiled into compendiums by decade. This can make it quicker to locate specific articles and reduces the number of files to download. Note that each file is very large and requires a fast internet connection to download. They also require a fast PC/tablet to open and read the files.
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BOS Newsletters 2010-2019 web [99.38 GB] -
BOS Newsletters 2000-2009 web [363.63 GB]
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BOS Newsletters 1990-1999 [442.03 GB]
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BOS Newsletters 1980-1989 [242.7 GB]
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BOS Newsletters 1970-1979 [251.08 GB]
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BOS Newsletters 1960-1969 [122.32 GB]
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BOS Newsletters 1956-1959 [27.02 GB]
The BOS Curlew Recovery Project
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 ...
9 February 2026 - Meeting via Zoom @ 7.30pm
Great Black-backed Gulls: from populations to individuals - Sam Langlois from BTO Scotland
The Great Black-backed Gull is one of the North Atlantic’s most conspicuous and largest seabirds — yet much of its ecology remains poorly understood. This talk will present new insights into global population trends and foraging ecology, focusing on diet and GPS tracking studies undertaken on the Isle of May, Scotland. Read more ...
Short day count: 3 or 4 January 2026
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 ...