Submitting records
The Cambridgeshire Bird Club is responsible for gathering bird records
for Cambridgeshire. These are used to produce the species reports in
the Club's bi-monthly Bulletin, and are also the main source of data
for the Annual Cambridgeshire Bird Report.
Submitting Records of
Commoner Birds
Read the Guidelines on what
records we need, this includes commoner birds, breeding
records, rarer birds, exotics and hybrids.
We prefer to receive records by email to the County Recorder, Mark Hawkes
on the Records Spread-sheet (Download)
provided. We have written some Spreadsheet
Guidelines
with examples.
Records not in spreadsheet form or on paper may be submitted to
Louise Bacon,
CPBRC, The Manor House, Broadstreeet, Cambourne, Cambs, CB23 6DH
Louise enters such records into spread-sheets.
What we do with the
records
All records are added to a master spreadsheet, which is used to produce
the Bulletin and Annual Report.
The data is available from CPBRC for other purposes; e.g.
scientific use, site information and planning applications.
Submitting Records of
Rarities:
All BBRC species, potential
county firsts (full species and races) and
species that are rare in the County require a full
description. Records of rare and scarce species should be submitted,
with an accompanying description, preferably via email, for vetting by
the Rarities Committee, to the County Recorder, Mark Hawkes, 7 Cook Drive, Eynesbury, St. Neots, PE19 2JT. Telephone 01480 215305,
Mobile 07810 622756
You can download a CBC Rarities Form
and a Description List
Records Committee:
The Committee members are (correct at January 2007):
Bruce Martin (non-voting Committee Chairman), Richard Allison, Colin
Kirtland, Dick Newell, Peter Herkenrath and Mark Hawkes.
Recording Area:
The
Cambridgeshire Bird Report covers the new county of Cambridgeshire,
which includes the old county of Huntingdonshire.
To view a
map of the recording area click here.
List of County sites:
John Clark has compiled a comprehensive List
of birding sites in Cambridgeshire. A
grid reference is available for each site.