British Ornithological Union
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| Abbreviation | BOU |
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| Formation | 1858 |
| Purpose | Ornithological research |
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President
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Prof Jenny Gill University of East Anglia |
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Vice-president
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Prof Graham Martin University of Birmingham: |
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Vice-president
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Shelley Hinsley Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
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Secretary
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Helen Baker Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
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Key people
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Alfred Newton (founder) |
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Main organ
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Council of Trustees |
| Website | www |
The British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) aims to encourage the study of birds ("ornithology") in Britain, Europe and around the world, in order to understand their biology and to aid their conservation. The BOU was founded in 1858 by Professor Alfred Newton, Henry Baker Tristram and other scientists. Its quarterly journal, Ibis, has been published since 1859.
The Records Committee (BOURC) is a committee of the BOU established to maintain the British List, the official list of birds recorded in Great Britain.
BOU is headquartered in Peterborough and is a registered charity in England & Wales and Scotland.
The British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (BOURC) is the recognised national bird records committee for Britain. It maintains a list of birds of Britain. Its findings are published in Ibis, the house journal of its parent body the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU). From time to time, BOURC re-reviews records which it has previously accepted, to ensure they are acceptable in the light of improved knowledge of the species in question.
The Committee does not assess records of birds from Ireland; that task is carried out by the Irish Rare Birds Committee, which publishes its decisions in Irish Birds. For many years, records of IRBC-assessed rarities were included in the BOURC's reports, but this ceased in 2002, at the request of IRBC.
BOURC is widely recognised as maintaining the most authoritative list of birds of Britain.
BOURC has a chairman, a secretary and a number of voting members. It previously had a taxonomic subcommittee, set up to advise on taxonomic matters, but the disbanding of this subcommittee was announced on 6 November 2015; the BOU now contemplates relying entirely on one of the available global avian taxonomies with a view to adopting a single system for all its activities.
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