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GARDEN BIRDWATCH GOES WELSH!
The BTO/CJ Garden
BirdWatch survey has produced an information leaflet in the Welsh
language in order to reach a wider audience in Wales and to gain
a better understanding of Welsh birds and how they use gardens.
“There are currently
just under 400 people across Wales sending in simple weekly reports
of the birds they record in their gardens. This gives us good information
for Wales as a whole but we now want to have a regional breakdown
of the most common garden birds for each of the Welsh counties.
To this end we have produced a Welsh language leaflet to try and
get more people involved across Wales,” says Mike Toms, BTO/CJ
Garden BirdWatch Coordinator.
The BTO scheme needs
people in Wales to record the occurrence of birds in their gardens.
It has been running its Garden BirdWatch survey since 1995 and has
highlighted changes in the use of the nation’s gardens by
different bird species. To receive a free information pack, phone
on 01842 750050 or write to GBW, Room 42, British Trust for Ornithology,
The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU.
GARDEN BIRDWATCH YN GYMRAEG!
Mae arolwg y BTO/CJ
Garden BirdWatch wedi cynhyrchu taflen wybodaeth yn yr iaith Gymraeg
er mwyn apelio at gynulleidfa ehangach yng Nghymru a cheisio cynnyddu'r
dealltwriaeth o adar Cymru a'r modd y maent yn defnyddio gerddi.
"Ar hyn o bryd
mae oddeutu 400 o unigolion dros Gymru yn anfon adroddiadau wythnosol
syml o'r adar a gofnodir yn eu gerddi.Mae hyn yn darparu gwybodaeth
gwych am Gymru gyfan ond ein nod nawr yw cael ystadegau rhanbarthol
am y rhywogaethau cyffredin o holl siroedd unigol Cymru.I'r perwyl
hwn 'rydym wedi cynhyrchu taflen Gymraeg er mwyn ceisio cael mwy
o bobl dros Gymru yn rhan o'r arolwg," meddai Mike Toms,Trefnydd
y BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch.
Mae cynllun y BTO yn gofyn i bobl yng Nghymru i gofnodi'r rhywogaethau
hynny sydd yn ymddangos yn eu gerddi.Dechreuwyd yr arolwg yn 1995
ac ers hynny mae wedi pwysleisio y newid defnydd a wna rhai rhywogaethau
o'n gerddi. I dderbyn pecyn gwybodaeth yn rhad ac am ddim ffoniwch
01842 750050 neu ysgrifennwch at GBW, Room 42, British Trust for
Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU.
Notes for editors
1) The BTO/CJ Garden
BirdWatch. The BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch is the only nationwide survey
of garden birds to run weekly throughout the year, providing important
information on how birds use gardens, and how this use changes over
time. Currently, some 16,500 people take part in the project with
just under 400 sending in reports in Wales. The BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch
is funded by participants’ contributions and supported by
CJ WildBird Foods Ltd and is the largest year round survey of garden
birds anywhere in the world. For more information see www.bto.org/gbw
2) Colour photographs.
Images of garden birds are freely available for use in association
with this press release. Please contact
to request an electronic version.
3) CJ WildBird Foods.
CJ WildBird Foods is Europe’s leading supplier of bird food
and bird feeding products. CJ WildBird Foods has been responsible
for a number of significant developments within the bird food and
feeding industry, including the introduction of black sunflower
seeds to the UK as a major new bird food and the development of
specialist seed mixes for use in tubular feeders. The company has
also been supporting research into the changing fortunes of garden
bird populations, most notably through the BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch.
4) A copy of the Welsh
Leaflet is available on request from
5) All correspondence
and printed material for Garden BirdWatch is in English.
6) The BTO has a Welsh
speaking representative and Garden BirdWatch participant for interviews.
7) The BTO has an ISDN
line available for radio interviews.
8) To download a copy
of this press release as a PDF click here
(36kb)
Contacts.
Martin Fowlie (BTO
Press Officer)
01842-750050 (office)
Mike Toms (Garden BirdWatch
Orgniser)
01842-750050 (office)
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