The ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club'' is an
ornithological
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
journal published by the
British Ornithologists' Club
The British Ornithologists' Club (BOC) aims to promote discussion between members and others interested in ornithology, and to facilitate the dissemination of scientific information concerned with ornithology. The BOC has a special interest in avi ...
(BOC). It is
cited as ''Bull. B. O. C.''
Many descriptions of
birds
new to science have been published in the bulletin.
The journal was first published in 1892. It is published in four quarterly issues. from March 2017 (Vol. 137 No. 1), it became an online-only,
open access, journal, giving as the reasons for the change:
Since 2004, the journal's honorary editor has been
Guy Kirwan
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.
List of editors
List of Bulletin Editors with dates of tenure
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* Richard Bowdler Sharpe 1892–1904
* W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 1904–1914
* David Armitage Bannerman
David Armitage Bannerman OBE, MA, SD (Cantab), Hon. LL.D. (Glasgow), FRSE, FZS (27 November 1886 – 6 April 1979) was a British ornithologist. From 1919 to 1952 he was Curator of the British Museum of Natural History (now called the Natural ...
1914–1915
* D. Seth-Smith 1915–1920
* Percy R. Lowe 1920–1925
* Norman B. Kinnear 1925–1930
* G. Carmichael Low 1930–1935 and 1940–1945
* C. H. B. Grant 1935–1940 and 1947–1952
* W. P. C. Tenison 1945–1947
* J. G. Harrison 1952–1961
* J.J. Yealland 1962–1969
* C.W. Benson 1969–1974
* Hugh Elliott 1974–1975
* J.F. Monk 1976–1990
* D.W. Snow 1991–1997
* C.J. Feare 1997–2003
* G.M. Kirwan 2004–
See also
*List of ornithology journals
The following is a list of journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology. The continent and country columns give the location where the journal or magazine is published and may not correspond with its scope or content.
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References
External links
*
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
'' volumes 1–136 (1892–2016) in Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology
1892 establishments in the United Kingdom
Publications established in 1892
Ornithology in the United Kingdom
Open access journals
Online-only journals
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