Reporting sub-species
With the increasing availability of information and with increasing personal confidence, many observers are recording birds to subspecies level. As the return wader migration gets… Read More
Programme 2017-18
The new programme of indoor and outdoor events is now published, with all events listed up to July 2018. Indoor events include talks by some of… Read More
Rare Breeding Birds in Berkshire in 2016 – please submit your records.
The UK’s Rare Breeding Birds Panel’s deadline for 2016 records is fast approaching. Please submit your records for rare or scarce breeding birds in Berkshire… Read More
Reprieve for Theale’s Nightingales
The BOC welcomes West Berkshire Council’s refusal of an application to put a housing estate in the Theale Lake Nightingale stronghold.
Ken Gilbert
Sadly I have to inform you of the recent death of Ken Gilbert. Ken was a long standing member of the Club, having joined back… Read More
Photographic Competition 2017 – Results
If you didn’t make it to the Photographic Competition evening you missed a very enjoyable event. Although the number of entries was a little down… Read More
Bird flu 2016/7
Whilst there have not been a lot of wild birds found with the bird flu virus in the current (2016/7) winter, the cases have been… Read More
Theale Building Proposal – Thank You
Thank you to everyone who took the time and trouble to lodge objections to the proposed building plan around Theale Main Pit, whether by letter,… Read More
Photographic Competition 2016 – Results
As the judges said on the evening, the quality of the entries just keeps getting better and better, and certainly there were plenty of splendid… Read More
“Emptying the Skies” – Support LIPU
On Wednesday 20th January, Renton organized a screening of “Emptying the Skies” which exposes the wide scale killing of birds on migration through the Mediterranean,… Read More