So another year has been and gone, they are really starting to add up now. I started patch recording in 2002 and started getting good data in 2004. It means that I can start to see trends and patterns.
I have so much data it takes time to process it all, it's taken me two days to process the Bird data from visits let alone my camera trail data. That project is on hold because Otter Cam is currently inaccessible due to flooding.
So how can I evaluate this year's recorded survey session on my patch, how about a series of numbers.
Number of Surveys: 49
Average length of survey: 77 minutes
Total time spent on the patch: 60.5 hours
In that time I recorded:
63 species of bird bringing my patch total to 93 species.
4 species of mammal
12 species of dragonfly
15 species of butterfly
Number of Bird Species each month |
Number of Bird Species each year |
Highlights this year are obviously the new species spotted namely Firecrest, Red Kite, and Great White Egret.
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