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BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch is a year-round project that gathers
important information on how different species of birds use
gardens and how this use changes over time. Gardens are an
important habitat for many wild birds, providing a useful
refuge for those affected by changes in the management of
our countryside.
Some
16,500 participants currently take part in Garden BirdWatch
and send in simple weekly records of the bird species using
their gardens. This information is either submitted on paper
count forms or by using Garden BirdWatch Online. Each participant
also supports the project financially through an annual contribution
of £15. In return, they receive the quarterly colour
magazine Bird Table, count forms and access to advice on feeding
and attracting garden birds.
All
new joiners will receive a free copy of the
128-page BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch Book which normally retails
for £9.99 (plus p&p).
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES FOR ONLINE. Work to add a series
of new features to GBW Online is planned for early 2008, allowing
us to introduce some of the newer technologies currently deployed
in other BTO Online Surveys. These should go lilve at the
start of Quarter 3 2008 (July). Early 2008 will also see the
addition of the Scarcer Species Data from the old paper forms
(1995-2006) to the online database.
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NEW
ENTRY SYSTEM FOR GBW ONLINE.
We have updated the entry system for GBW Online so that you
can now add records for all the different species in one go.
In addition, you can now access records for any garden at
which you have recorded (and not just your current address).
As a result we have revised the online instructions. Click
here
to download a PDF of the new instructions (400kb). (3rd July
2008)
BIRD TABLE
54. The latest issue of Bird Table was sent out in
late June. For more information on the contents please click
here.
GREAT SPOTTED
WOODPECKER SURVEY RESULTS. Preliminary results from
this survey were published in Bird Table magazine, issue 48.
They can also be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here.
Mike
Toms
Garden BirdWatch Organiser |
