joannec
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I just wondered if some of you were involved in doing this survey and what your experiences have been. What's your square like, habitat wise? Where is it? Had any difficulties obtaining the necessary permissions? Seen anything rare, unusual or unexpected while carrying out your survey? I thought it would be interesting to exchange experiences.
For those of you who don't know about it, it is suppose to be a comprehensive survey of nesting birds in the Uk and will ultimately measure rises and falls in Uk nesting birds; their successes, declines and population fluctuations. I think it has been going for about ten years. There have been 2000 randomly selected 1km squares and the idea is that volunteers (mostly) visit their site twice, once in April/early May and once in June and systematically record every bird that they identify.
I did my early visit today and recorded 26 species, up on last years 21. My square is located in East Sussex and is on the edge of a rural town. Habitat is varied, dairy farm, small nature reserve, suburban streets and recreation ground. I only needed permission from the farmer who was obliging. Highlights were 23 swallows, 1 treecreeper, 2 house martins, 1 buzzard and a singing nightingale. It was interesting to do, I went places I wouldn't otherwise had gone to and it was fun.
So what were your experiences?
For those of you who don't know about it, it is suppose to be a comprehensive survey of nesting birds in the Uk and will ultimately measure rises and falls in Uk nesting birds; their successes, declines and population fluctuations. I think it has been going for about ten years. There have been 2000 randomly selected 1km squares and the idea is that volunteers (mostly) visit their site twice, once in April/early May and once in June and systematically record every bird that they identify.
I did my early visit today and recorded 26 species, up on last years 21. My square is located in East Sussex and is on the edge of a rural town. Habitat is varied, dairy farm, small nature reserve, suburban streets and recreation ground. I only needed permission from the farmer who was obliging. Highlights were 23 swallows, 1 treecreeper, 2 house martins, 1 buzzard and a singing nightingale. It was interesting to do, I went places I wouldn't otherwise had gone to and it was fun.
So what were your experiences?
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