Join or donate to LROS

Helping to support your local wild bird population

As a charity organisation we depend on membership subscriptions and donations to further our work.

Family membership costs just £18 per year, and you can see the membership benefits and how to join below.

We also welcome one-off donations, which can be made via our secure JustGiving page; simply click the button below.

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How to join

JOIN NOW FOR 2027 AND get the remaining months of 2026 FREE  –  Membership for 2027 includes the 2025 Annual Report due in the Spring AND you will receive a free copy of the 2024 Annual Report (subject to stocks). The Society’s membership year starts on 1st January and runs through to 31st December. It’s just £18 a year for family or individual membership. Full family membership is for all individuals living at the same address – adults and children.  Our bank details are ‘Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society, sort code 40-28-06, account number 41125281’. It’s a business account.

To join the Society:

In addition to the online form, there are two other versions: a Word document (may go to downloads) which you can fill in on your device and email to the Membership Secretary (email below) and a printable pdf version, which you can print out, fill in and send by email, WhatsApp or post to the Membership Secretary, Andy Howes, 13 New Forest Close, Wigston, Leicester LE18 2RW. Tel: 07773 696 616.

Or you can phone, e-mail or write to Andy (email (andyhowesuk@gmail.com), and he will gladly send you an Application Form.

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Membership benefits

Each year, LROS members receive:

  • Ten issues of the Society’s newsletter, The Grebe (one a month, with combined
    June/July and August/September issues)
  • Annual Bird Report (usually sent with August/September or October newsletter)
  • Access to the password-protected Members’ Area of the website, including:
    • Grebe back copies
    • Annual Reports
    • Searchable index of all rare bird records
    • Annually updated information on scarce species
    • LROS Library publication index
    • Request your own records

LROS members are also welcome to attend:

  • All LROS indoor meetings (eight a year), free of charge
  • LROS Outings to places of interest both locally and further afield.

Please see the Meetings and Outings page for details of forthcoming events and to book a place.

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