Big Spawn Count

Frog

New survey from Pond Conservation

Have you seen frog or toad spawn in your garden pond? Then join in with our Big Spawn Count, so that we can find out more about the breeding success of our frogs and toads in garden ponds nationally.

The Big Pond Dip and Thaw surveys have given us a lot of new information about garden ponds. Now we are working with our colleagues at Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) and Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK (ARGUK) to find out more about the numbers of frogs breeding in garden ponds.

We are also keen to find out more about our common toad. Although, toads are less associated with garden ponds – there is some indication that the use of gardens is becoming more frequent due to loss of traditional breeding habitat. This is something we would like to find out more about.

You can take part in our Big Spawn Count by going to your pond and counting the number of spawn clumps present. For more information about this, and to enter your results online go to our Big Spawn Count pages.

News

Seminar in progress

Wildlife Recorders' Seminar 2012

This year's seminar will take place on Saturday 3rd March 2012. It will be held as usual at Green Park, Aston Clinton near Aylesbury. The speaker programme is finalised and we think we have an interesting line-up for you with speakers on butterflies; online resources for recording; Chilterns Commons Project; spider recording; and mammal and bird atlases.

Invitations to those on our mailing list have already been sent. If you are interested in attending and are not on our mailing list, a programme and booking form are available to download below. All are welcome.

Once again, this is a free event with lunch and drinks provided. Places are restricted and will be allocated on a first-come basis. Booking forms must be received by Friday 24th February and can be emailed or sent by post.

Pilot survey of Traditional Orchards in Bucks

A national inventory of traditional orchards has been produced by Peoples' Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) on behalf of Natural England. Many of the orchards identified in the inventory have only been done so by analysing aerial photos. BMERC are undertaking a pilot survey of some of these orchards in Bucks to gather more data on them. It is hoped that the information obtained from the survey will inform a bid for funding for a more extensive orchard survey, perhaps next year.

If you have any information on orchards in your area which can help to improve the inventory, please contact us.

For more information call 01296 382431 or email erc@buckscc.gov.uk

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