Press Releases - Nov/Dec 2005 - Item 8

No. 2005/11/42
November 2005

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 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 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.

For further information, please contact:

Martin Fowlie on 01842 750050 or email (during office hours)
Mike Toms on 01842 750050 (during office hours)

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