The BTO Regional Network
For the purposes of managing and achieving good local survey coverage, the United Kingdon (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) has been divided into ca. 125 regions, each one run by an appointed BTO Regional Organiser. These regions are loosely based on county boundaries with the national 10km square grid system used for exact deliniation.
Regional Organisers are volunteers who act and work on behalf of the BTO. Their main areas of responsibility are:
- Organising and co-ordination of BTO surveys at local level through the network of BTO members and other volunteer fieldworkers
- Sending out of and retrieval of BTO survey forms to and from survey volunteers
- First point of contact with BTO members and survey volunteers
- Liaison with local bird clubs or similar groups
- Recruitment of new survey volunteers at local level
- Recruitment of BTO members
- Attendance at local one-day and national BTO conferences
The various censusing methods used and the fieldskills required vary from survey to survey though most are simple and straightforward. Take a look at the various surveys that the BTO run and if you are interested in taking part in any then click in the region that you live in on the adjacent map and then contact your Regional Organiser for further details.
Alternatively, view a list of BTO regions and their respective Regional Organiser.