Current Winter Atlas Progress

Hi atlasers

Here is an update showing species richness by 10 km square for the county. The red squares are those where most input is needed to boost the list. If you look at "Winter Priority Squares" in the Atlas Data Home options menu you can see what common species are missing from your local square based on a count of in how many adjacent squares each species has been found.

Starting from the top the red squares are:

TA10 Caistor to Laceby where 18 common species are missing

TF05 Scopwick just north of Sleaford where 28 species are missing (the most)

TF31 Gedney Hill, 18 species

TF32 Holbeach, 15 species

The yellow squares need to be boosted to 80 plus. If your patch is in one of these squares and you can add roving records please do so. All records from 1 November to 28 February are acceptable for years 2007 to 2011.

I'd like to thank Tim Bagworth at Gib Point for going through the logs and adding missing records to TF55. Gib, with 193, is now where it should be, ranking as one of the best squares on the east coast. Thanks also to Keith Robinson, a stalwart at Covenham Reservoir who has added many missing species to TF39 in the last week.

We now have only 5.5 weeks left to find missing species and complete our winter ttvs so keep on birding. Remember if you need any guidance on using the Atlas website please contact your Regional Organiser, contact details above.