For just over a week RECORD have been encouraging people to connect with nature at home, through recording garden wildlife as part of the My Patch campaign. The theme for last week was 'Becoming a Wildlife Recorder' and this week's theme is.....BIRDS!
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| Female House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. Did you know... a group of sparrows is called a 'Quarrel'. We think it's the perfect name for these noisy garden visitors! |
Observations
So far, we have over 100 Garden Wildlife observations on our iNaturalist page, which is brilliant! Thank you to everyone who's joined in and please keep your records coming in.
Add your Garden Wildlife Sightings here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/my-patch-from-record-lrc
Online Resources
We're trying to make it easier for those people who might not regularly record wildlife to get involved (as well, of course, as those of you who are already pros!). This includes young wildlife enthusiasts and their families. Take a look at our online resources page for some helpful guides, tips and activities and feel free to share these with anyone you think might be interested. Perhaps you know someone who is looking for homeschooling ideas or similar?
INCLUDING:
Garden Explorers Collection - activities for young wildlife recorders great for ages 5+
What makes up a Wildlife Record? - learn about what information is needed to make your records as useful as possible
Out and about recording sheet - useful to note down what you've seen whilst out in the garden, all ages
AND MORE...
This week is BIRDS. We'll be adding more bird-related resources and links and would love you all to get involved by telling us about the birds you see in your garden.
QUIZ of the week... Bird Records!
Sadly there are no prizes, but we thought this might be a fun addition to our weekly email, reply to info@record-lrc.co.uk with your answers.
1) How many Cheshire bird records in total do we hold from the last 10 years?
2) Which bird species do we hold the most records for in Cheshire (in the last 10 years)?
3) How many different species of bird do we hold Cheshire records of (within the last 10 years, including sub-species)?
Upload your garden wildlife sightings here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/my-patch-from-record-lrc
You can find resources and useful links on this page of our website.
Follow us on facebook or twitter for the latest updates.
Where you can, we'd love you to share our posts, news etc. about the campaign with your contacts and encourage as many people as possible to get involved. You can also post your own sightings with the hashtag #MyPatch to help spread the word and share with others what you've been up to.
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