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Membership detailsGuide for Observers
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A BRIEF HISTORY The BOS was formed in 1952, with the aim of encouraging and co-ordinating the scientific study of birds in the Banbury area and to strive to ensure the welfare of birds within a framework of economic necessity. It was founded by 6 people who met as a result of a short series of 6 lectures on ornithology given by the late Dr Bruce Campbell in Banbury in 1951. Dr Campbell was our President until his death in 1993. Glyn Davies was our founding father, carving out our future in tablets of stone from day one. When he died in May 1991 he was generous enough to leave the society the residue of his estate, which has enabled us to seek a venue for our own headquarters and extend our participation in conservation work. Initially the area covered by the BOS was a 9 mile radius around Banbury, later extended to a 12 mile radius in the county of Oxford and finally, on 1 January 1965, extended again to cover twelve 10km squares, with Banbury at their centre. Fieldwork has always been strongly supported in the BOS and we have had our records computerised since 1979. As a result we now have one of the longest, continuous sets of records for any area in the country and are regularly consulted by other organisations for input into their research.
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