#BOU2026 – Registration
Birds and people: challenges and opportunities of coexistence
31 March – 2 April 2026
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, UK & ZOOM & BLUESKY
Book your conference place today!
Early-bird rates available until 23:59 GMT 16 February 2026. Registration closes 23:59 GMT 16 March 2026.*
Overview of registration rates
BOU Ordinary Members – requires login
Full resident†(single occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April from £450 Book your place
Resident (single occupancy room) – 31 March – 1 April from £325 Book your place
Resident (single occupancy room) – 1 – 2 April from £325 Book your place
Full resident†(twin occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April from £395 Book your place
Resident (twin occupancy room) – 31 March – 1 April from £285 Book your place
Resident (twin occupancy room) – 1 – 2 April from £285 Book your place
Non-resident†– 31 March – 2 April from £295 Book your place
Non-resident – 31 March – 1 April from £265 Book your place
Non-resident – 1 – 2 April from £265 Book your place
Non-resident – 1 April from £170 Book your place
Non-resident – 2 April from £170 Book your place
Online (Zoom) – 31 March – 2 April from £75 Book your place
Existing BOU Early Career Researcher (ECR) Members (joined 31 Oct 2025 or earlier)± – requires login
Full resident†(single occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April £275 Book your place
Full resident (twin occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April £200 Book your place
Non-resident – 31 March – 2 April £150 Book your place
Online (Zoom) – 31 March – 2 April from £40 Book your place
New BOU Early Career Researcher (ECR) Members (for new ECR members who joined 1 Nov 2025 or later)± – requires login
Full resident†(single occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April £360 Book your place
Full resident (twin occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April £260 Book your place
Non-resident – 31 March – 2 April £195 Book your place
Online (Zoom) – 31 March – 2 April from £55 Book your place
Non-members
Full resident†(single occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April from £650 Book your place
Resident (single occupancy room) – 31 March – 1 April from £480 Book your place
Resident (single occupancy room) – 1 – 2 April from £480 Book your place
Full resident†(twin occupancy room) – 31 March – 2 April from £575 Book your place
Resident (twin occupancy room) – 31 March – 1 April from £425 Book your place
Resident (twin occupancy room) – 1 – 2 April from £425 Book your place
Non-resident†– 31 March – 2 April from £475 Book your place
Non-resident – 31 March – 1 April from £395 Book your place
Non-resident – 1 – 2 April from £395 Book your place
Non-resident – 1 April from £250 Book your place
Non-resident – 2 April from £250 Book your place
Online (Zoom) – 31 March – 2 April from £150 Book your place
IMPORTANT NOTES:
* Full refunds are available up to 12 weeks before the start date of the conference. A 50% refund is available after this point, up to the 16 March 2026. No refunds are available after 16 March 2026.
†The terms resident and non-resident indicate your conference status (resident = with overnight accommodation in the Jubilee Hotel on campus, non-resident = with no overnight accommodation). Twin occupancy rooms will have two occupants; delegates may name their preferred roommate.
± Limited places allocated on first-come, first-served basis.
A note on accommodation included in registration
If you book as a conference resident, you will stay in the Jubilee Hotel, located on the Jubilee Campus at the University of Nottingham. We have single occupancy and twin occupancy rooms available. Single occupancy rooms will have only one occupant. Twin occupancy rooms will have two occupants, with delegates having the option of naming their preferred roommate.
Read more about the Jubilee Hotel
BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
BOU members presenting at BOU2026, but with limited funds to travel, may be interested in applying for a BOU Member Conference Attendance Grant. This scheme supports members attending ornithology conferences to present their work and encourages the use of low-carbon travel, where possible.
Application deadline: 5 January 2026
BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
BOU Low- and Middle-income Country (LMIC) members
We have a limited number of free conference places available to BOU Low- and Middle-income Country members. This includes conference registration, accommodation in the Jubilee Hotel (for 2 nights: 31 March & 1 April) and meals during the conference. Members would still be required to fund their travel to/from the conference and any additional accommodation and meals (although see BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants above).
Priority will be given to BOU LMIC members presenting at BOU2026.
To apply for one of these places, please send a brief outline detailing why you would benefit (to include a brief biography, an explanation of what you stand to gain from participating, and the financial constraints you face) to admin@bou.org.uk
Scientific Programme Committee
Nishant Kumar | Ambedkar University Delhi & National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), Bengaluru, India & University of Oxford, UK (Chair)
Tatsuya Amano | University of Queensland, Australia
Kristina Beck | Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany
Joelene Hughes | RSPB, UK & BOU Meetings Committee
Barry McMahon | University College Dublin, Ireland & BOU Meetings Committee
Alice Risely | University of Salford, UK & BOU Meetings Committee
Umesh Srinivasan | Indian Institute of Science, India
Image credit: Kea | Jens Bludau CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons
