I am thinking mainly about Ringstone as someone may well be involved in the count already but if not it would be a shame to miss out as there may be a decent count ??
There may be other flocks around, maybe Jay House Lane or Greetland + others.??
If anyone is able to get counts then please follow the guidelines below and either send them direct to BirdTrack or forward the information to me - thanks, Dave
From The B T O website
On 11–12 October 2014 there will be a coordinated census of
Eurasian Golden Plovers across Europe, repeating comparable surveys carried out
in 2008 and 2003. The majority of Golden Plovers are concentrated in northwest
Europe in October, making it the best time to assess the status of the
population. In Britain and Ireland, counts of Golden Plover (and Lapwing) will
be collated by BTO and BirdWatch Ireland, within the framework of an International Wader Study Group project.
Golden Plover numbers
provided through Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS, UK) and Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS, Ireland) Core Counts will be the key
sources of data, in combination with records provided through BirdTrack.
So if you are not a
WeBS / I-WeBS counter – or are and find Golden Plovers away from your WeBS /
I-WeBS site(s) – please use BirdTrack to log your counts of Golden Plover on 11–12
October.
Please try to be as
accurate as possible with your counts, ideally to within the nearest 5 for
flocks of up to 100, the nearest 20 for flocks up 500 and the nearest 50 for
flocks of up to 1,000.
To add even more value
to your counts, please use the 'Pinpoint' feature (accessed via the '+' button
when adding casual records or species lists online) to give a 6-digit grid reference for each flock.
It will also be useful
if you can describe the habitat the flock was using, via the 'Habitat' option, using one of the
following 6 terms:
Estuary
Non-estuarine
Grassland/pastoral
Arable
Freshwater marsh
Other
Grassland/pastoral
Arable
Freshwater marsh
Other
No comments:
Post a Comment