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 ...
12 May 2025 - Indoor Meeting at 7.30pm
Uzbekistan: Birding the Silk Road in Central Asia - Alan Peter
A spectacular and little-visited country lying on the famous Silk Road that once connected the East with the West and one of the group of former Soviet republics which border it on three sides - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan while it’s southern border touches Afghanistan. Read more ...
Long Day Count: 3 or 4 May 2025
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 ...