About Oriental Bird Club - aims

Oriental Bird Club, UK registered charity 297242, is for birders and ornithologists around the world who are interested in birds of the Oriental region and their conservation.

Oriental Bird Club aims:

to encourage an interest in wild birds of the Oriental region and their conservation
to promote the work of regional bird and nature societies
to collate and publish information on Oriental birds.

Where is the Oriental region?
Oriental Bird Club is concerned with the region bounded by:

the Indus river, Pakistan in the west through India and south-east Asia
the Wallacea line, East Indonesia in the east, and from
Mongolia, north-east Russia (E of 90°E) and Japan in the north
the Lesser Sundas and Christmas Island in the south.

This vast area embraces tropical and temperate forests, outstanding wetlands, and grasslands providing habitat for over 2600 bird species, many of them little known.

Sumatran
Cochoa
(Billy Simpson)

How OBC helps to conserve Oriental birds
Over 300 Oriental bird species are designated by BirdLife International as threatened by forest destruction, wetland drainage, hunting and trade. Conservation of these species is often hampered by a lack of knowledge. Oriental Bird Club supports conservation work in the Oriental region by encouraging studies of birds and their habitats.

Through the generous support of members and corporate sponsors, the OBC conservation fund has now supported over 180 projects in many oriental countries, primarily run by local people. More than £120,000 has been invested in conservation in the region since 1984. See Conservation for more information including how to apply for a grant.

How OBC encourages interest in Oriental birds
OBC has published two Bulletins a year since 1985 and a scientific journal, Forktail, each year since 1986.

OBC Bulletin, now BirdingASIA, contains news, recent reports, reviews and feature articles about Oriental birds - see BirdingASIA for lists of contents and example articles.

Forktail contains papers on the distribution, conservation, ecology and biology of the region's birds - see Forktail for lists of contents.

OBC members receive these publications each year. Meetings are also arranged for members and the Club provides a selection of sales goods including T-shirts, trip reports and back issues of Club publications. See Join OBC and Sales to find out more.

Constitution and Accounts
OBC is governed by a Constitution. The Club's accounts are filed with the UK Charity Commission.

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