BTO News
2007 Little Ringed and Ringed Plover Survey
The BTO is organising a national survey of Ringed Plover and Little Ringed Plover during the 2007 breeding season. These species were last surveyed in 1984; based on that survey a preliminary list of tetrads containing likely sites has been identified for the East Lancashire region.
A tetrad is a 2km x 2km square and may be identified in two ways:-
a) by the 10km square in which it lies and a letter, e.g. the tetrad containing the Foulridge Reservoirs is SD84V, b) by the grid reference for the SW (bottom left hand) corner of the tetrad, e.g. the SW corner of the Foulridge tetrad is at grid ref SD8840.
Sites within tetrads identified as likely to contain Little Ringed and Ringed Plovers are:-
SD62M SD6242 Stocks Clough Quarry SD62X SD6824 Fishmoor Reservoir 1 SD62Y SD6826 Fishmoor Reservoir 2 SD72D SD7026 Duckworth Hall 1 SD72E SD7028 Whitebirk Power Station SD72I SD7226 Duckworth Hall 2 SD74T SD7646 River Ribble North of Sawley 1 SD74Y SD7846 River Ribble North of Sawley 2 SD75C SD7054 Stocks Reservoir 1 SD75H SD7254 Stocks Reservoir 2 SD75I SD7256 Stocks Reservoir 3 SD83L SD8432 Michelin Site SD83M SD8434 Lucas Site
1. Are there tetrads that can be excluded from the list, because they do not now hold breeding plovers? e.g. Whitebirk Power Station no longer exists, but is any part of the tetrad still suitable? 2. Are there additional sites in the region that have recently held breeding plovers and therefore need to be included in the list of key sites? e.g. there have been sightings from the Foulridge Reservoirs in recent years. 3. Would anybody reading this be willing to take part in the survey? It will involve two or three visits between April and July 2007. Forms and site maps will be provided.
I should be very grateful for any relevant information, preferably before mid-November. Please e-mail to the address below
Tony Cooper
BTO Regional Representative
e-mail: tony.cooper@eastlancsornithologists.org.uk