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How to take the Nest Box Challenge This page contains help on how to register for Nest Box Challenge, set up your garden or site, how to register nest boxes in the garden/site, and how to record what's nesting in them. Registration Before you can contribute to Nest Box Challenge, you need to register for a Username and Password. New users, without these access details can register quickly by clicking here. If you are already participating in an online survey organised by the BTO, you don't need to register again - but you do need to 'switch on' your access to Nest box Challenge by visiting BTO Survey Home and clicking on the Setup button for NBC. After your registration or switch on, you will automatically arrive at Nest Box Challenge, and be asked to set up your garden or site. Registering your garden/site The garden form asks
a number of questions that provide background information about
the resources available to birds in your garden/site. Information
on the size, content, food you provide and influence of predators
all effect birds nesting in boxes. There is help available on the
form for most questions to guide you through the process. Once you
have entered the information, you can view the details at any time
with the 'View garden details' button. Registering a nest box To set up one or more nest boxes for a particular garden/site, click on 'Register new nest box'. If you have only one garden set up, the postcode will be displayed, but you need to select the correct postcode if there is a choice. Please then fill in the remainder of the form - make sure you provide a sensible name for the box as you will need it to identify it later from other boxes if you have more than one. There is help available on the form for most questions to guide you through the process. You can view all your nest boxes using the 'View my nest boxes button'. Entering observations of what's in the box Once your garden garden and nest box(s) are set up, you can then start recording the nesting activities, by clicking on 'Enter my observations'. Please select the nest box to add records for, and the date of the observation (only one per day per box), then press 'Continue....'. Check the box and date are correct, and if so start to fill in the last part of the observation. The questions are tailored to help you through the process, starting with '1. Did you look inside the box?'. Depending on your responses, the questions will adapt to collect the relevant information. There is help available on the form for most questions to guide you through the process. Once you are happy with the details of the observation, click on 'Submit observation details' and your record will be stored in the database. You can review all your observations using the 'View my observations' button. Further help.... If you are stuck with anything, and the associated help link doesn't provide an answer, you can ask web support by clicking here. Web support will attempt to answer all tecnical questions as soon as possible (depending on demand!), and will forward any ornithological or more general nest box related questions to a suitable expert. Either way your question will be answered as soon as possible. |
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Nest Box Challenge is organised by the BTO |
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