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We currently use the online BTO BirdTrack system, EBird (please provide us with your observer number) and our own Daily Sightings Page for recording birds in the county.
If you prefer to submit records in a spreadsheet then that is also possible.
We currently use the online BTO BirdTrack system, EBird (please provide us with your observer number) and our own Daily Sightings Page for recording birds in the county.
If you prefer to submit records in a spreadsheet then that is also possible.
If submitting via spreadsheet, please us the following format (columns in red are required):
Site Name, Grid Reference, Date, Species, Count, Breeding Code, Comment, Observer, Age, Sex
If you require any further information, or to receive a spreadsheet template, email the recorder recorder@cbwps.org.uk
If you wish to send records by post, please send to the County Recorder: Bob Bosisto, 7 Chegwyns Hill, Foxhole, PL26 7UY. e-mail: recorder@cbwps.org.uk
Please ensure that your name and address, together with the year to which the records apply, are clearly shown on the front page.
All records are of use and whilst not every report is included in the annual reports, they are all entered onto the database where they are available for conservation and research.
Records in the following categories are especially useful:
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‘CORNWALL BIRDS (CBWPS)’ is a trading/working name of Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society