Do you live inTF17? (e.g. Wragby, Apley, Kingthorpe, Hatton, Waddingworth and Stainfield area)Would you like to help out with the BTO Winter/Summer Atlas 2007-2011?
It is easier than the Breeding Bird Survey and does not involve collecting habitat data. It involves two winter visits to a defined area of 2k x 2k (a tetrad in TF17) of your own choice followed by two summer visits to the same tetrad. There is no requirement to visit the tetrad in subsequent years (although I can allocated further tetrads if you are keen to take them on and I would encourage you to consider choosing more than one).
You simply record the birds on your 1-2 hour visit.
There are a minimum of 144 tetrads to be covered in West Lincolnshire over the next four years and I have already had a good response of help but I bet your local patch is not covered yet!
Hope you can help to a greater or lesser extent.
Please let me know
Best wishes,
C Peter Overton
BTO Atlas Organiser and Regional Representative in West Lincolnshire
Project Director for Biosearch Expeditions; Wildlife Research in Africa
www.biosearch.org.ukTel: 01400 273323
More details see
http://blx1.bto.org/atlas/
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