# Event Details

- **Event Name**: British Ornithologists' Club Meeting: 30 Years in the Tower
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 07:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Speaker: George Candelin, Keeper of the Swifts at Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH)About this EventTalk overview: At 18.30 on Monday 23 March 2026, there will be a British Ornithologists’ Club meeting at its regular venue in the upstairs room of the Barley Mow pub, 104 Horseferry Road, Westminster SW1P 2EE. George Candelin, Keeper of the Swifts at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, will speak on 30 Years in the Tower, concerning one of the world’s longest continuous studies of a single bird species, begun in 1947 – see: https://boc-online.org/meetings/upcoming-meeting for more details. You are welcome to attend (free to all, but please register if you are planning to attend). Those wishing to can, from 18.00 (i.e. prior to talk), order a meal for consumption at ca 19.45 afterwards with other attendees.More information about the talk: The Oxford University Museum of Natural History building is famous for both the collections and the Huxley–Wilberforce evolution debate of 1860. The Museum Tower also hosts a long-established colony of European Swifts (Apus apus), birds known for spending nearly their entire lives in flight—feeding, sleeping, and even mating on the wing. The swifts’ hidden nest boxes at the top of the tower can be viewed via webcams streaming from May to September. Research on this colony began in 1947 by Elizabeth and David Lack, making it one of the world’s longest continuous studies of a single bird species. Their findings were published in Swifts in a Tower (1956), later reissued in 2018. Despite this legacy, the UK swift population has declined by 42% since 1994, likely due to loss of nesting sites and food. The RSPB’s Oxford Swift City project, launched in 2017, works to raise awareness and support swift conservation in Oxford. Join us to hear George Candelin, Keeper of the Swifts, reveal the fascinating history of the project and some of the things discovered about these extraordinary birds in the last 78 years.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/british-ornithologists-club-meeting-30-years-in-the-tower/100001985266707163
- **Event Categories**: Meetups
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## Event venue details

- **city**: London
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Barley Mow
- **lat**: 51.4950027
- **long**: -0.1317743
- **full address**: The Barley Mow, 104 Horseferry Road, London, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is British Ornithologists' Club Meeting: 30 Years in the Tower being held?
  - **A:** British Ornithologists' Club Meeting: 30 Years in the Tower takes place on Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 07:45 pm at The Barley Mow, 104 Horseferry Road, London, United Kingdom.
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