Ben Lomond
As part of an on-going survey of UK breeding birds,
folk going up mountains are being invited to contribute to a mountain bird
survey. To help them with this, training
courses are being held under the auspices of the British Trust for Ornithology
(BTO).
To help do my bit, I’ve just attended one such course
held at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and Natural Environment (SCENE) near Sallochy
on the eastern shores of Loch Lomond. Following
a couple of hours in the classroom, the majority of the day was taken up with a
pleasant - and informative - ramble half-way up Ben Lomond.
In truth, we saw more people than birds, an inevitable
consequence of location and time of year!
That said, the tuition was very helpful and we did get to see a few
whinchats and willow warblers, one (possible) spotted flycatcher and assorted
buzzards, raven and crows! More
importantly, we received documentation and instruction on how to input to the
survey on all birds we see (or don’t see) above 750m.
For a very pleasant day out, some helpful instruction
and a useful Continuing Professional Development (CPD) point, my thanks to Dr
Ben Darvill, the Development
Co-ordinator for BTO Scotland, ably assisted by Lorna Oldershaw and Alasdair
Eckersall, the NTS Ben Lomond Ranger.
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