This newsletter was issued in Spring 2001; please see the main BBCBBS page for the current position.
Welcome to the second newsletter of this exciting initiative - I hope that you find it of interest. I am pleased to report that the Breeding Bird Survey is going well: a big "Thank you" to everyone who has contributed records over the last three years. If you have not done so yet, it is not too late to send in records for 1998, 1999 or 2000, or to volunteer to survey an area this year. Please do get involved if you can.
Over 200 tetrads (2km x 2km squares) cover Birmingham and The Black Country, although for those that overlap the edge only that part within the area is included in the survey.
| Spring 2001 | Spring 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of unique records | 5,741 | 3,817 |
| Total number of breeding records | 3,164 | 1,745 |
| Number of tetrads surveyed | 180 | 144 |
| Number of tetrads with breeding records | 169 | 126 |
Over 110 species have been recorded during the survey, more than 80 of which have probably/ definitely bred, for example: Black Redstart, Peregrine, Barn Owl, Long-eared Owl, Lapwing, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail and Grasshopper Warbler.
Kevin Clements
Maps.