Recent posts:
How useful are species?
That biodiversity is valuable and worth conserving is something about which most people with an interest in the environment can agree. But what is 'biodiversity-?
Bewick’s Swans reveal where they get disturbed
Study shows where Bewick's Swans are disturbed on their winter feeding grounds
BTO Marsh Award for Ornithology
Jeremy Wilson, a member of the BOU's Ibis editorial team, has been awarded the BTO's Marsh Award for Ornithology for 2012
Open access publishing and the Finch report: implications for society journals
What are the implications of Open Access on small society journals?
Twitter – building an online ornithological community
Many think that the Holy Grail of Twitter is to get as many followers as possible. Some think that Twitter is all about hashtags (#) and what's trending. But the savvy know different.
Blinking eye colour
The contrasting eye colour and eyelids of some wildfowl has a defined function
Where eagles ‘once’ dared
A study of place-names reveals the extent of a once thriving eagle population roaming over a very different landscape to today
The global ornithological community
Community is at the core of the BOU and our aim is to be central to the global ornithological community.
BOU Ecosystem Services conference
Last week was the BOU's annual conference at the swanky new Gilbert Murray Conference Centre at the University of Leicester. The conference theme this year was 'Ecosystem Services: do we need birds?'. Here's some photos from the conference.
Andy Gosler awarded the BOU’s Union Medal
Dr Andrew Gosler was awarded the BOU's Union Medal in recognition of his contribution to the BOU and ornithology
The BOU’s new website
WELCOME! Its been a long time coming but the BOU now has a single site for all its web content.