Early breeding evidence

05 Mar 2010 Collared Dove. Photograph by Stephen North

BirdTrack records contribute to the Bird Atlas 2007-11 and I will be saying more about that as we approach the 2010 Atlas breeding season (April to July). However, many of our common resident species have already started courtship behaviour and even nesting so this is a crucial time to be out recording. Breeding evidence can be added to BirdTrack (even outside the Atlas breeding season) but if you know of active nests near you, why not get involved in the Nest Record Scheme and help gather the information which will tell us exactly how winter 2009/10 has impacted on our bird populations



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