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2005 News Archive December: BSBI contributes to Scottish Biodiversity List consultation November: Scottish Officer 2005 Annual Report published BSBI contributes to Scottish Biodiversity List consultation The BSBI contributed to a consultation on the compilation of a list of flora, fauna and habitats important for the conservation of biodiversity in Scotland . This list, the Scottish Biodiversity List, was published in December 2005. For further information and to download the list see the Biodiversity Scotland website. Top of Page | Back to Home Page Scottish Officer 2004/5 Annual Report published The 2004/5 BSBI Scottish Officer Annual Report was published in October. Copies were sent Recorders, key partners and all SNH offices, and distributed at the BSBI/BSS Scottish Annual Meeting in November. Top of Page | Back to Home Page Scottish Annual Meeting held in Perth The joint BSBI/BSS Scottish Annual Meeting was held very successfully in Perth Museum and Art Gallery this year. We welcomed several members of the public - some of whom even enlisted on the day! Because Perth is a smaller city than our normal venues we were able to have a number of articles printed in local press publicising and reporting the event. An excellent dinner followed in the Royal George conveniently situated across the street. Top of Page | Back to Home Page BSBI MapMate Handbook published To promote the use and uptake of MapMate, a new BSBI MapMate Handbook was published, and over 100 copies distributed to MapMate users in Scotland , and elsewhere in the British Isles . It was based on the Handbook developed for at Kindrogan. The handbook was accompanied by a training dataset on CD, so useApril 30, 2007 Top of Page | Back to Home Page BSBI secures £15,000 to computerise records A £15,000 SNH grant was awarded to the BSBI in October 2005 to computerise the paper records of four Scottish vice-counties. These were Roxburgh (v.c.80), East Lothian (v.c.84), Mull (v.c.103), Skye (v.c.104) . This will allow VCRs to spend less time in front of the computer and more time in the field, so ensuring that BSBI data and expertise is used to maximum conservation benefit. The work has been allocated to four contractors who were selected from the BSBI membership because of their expertise with taxonomic naming and recording software. Once fully entered and checked the data will also be made available to SNH to help them with their general plant conservation work, and to the general public via the BSBI Website and NBN Gateway.
Top of Page | Back to Home Page BSBI tackles ambitious survey programme Over the summer of 2005, BSBI volunteers and the BSBI Scottish Officer tackled a very ambitious Site Condition Monitoring survey programme. Some 21 sites were identified as potentially suitable for the BSBI. All but one of these sites was completed. Volunteers lead the work on 15 sites, and the Scottish Officer undertook the others. A second aim was to get BSBI members, SNH staff and other interested botanists and conservationists out in the field together. This made the fieldwork very sociable, and allowed a useful exchange of knowledge. Thirty people helped the lead volunteers and BSBI members spent a total of 120 surveyor days in the field over the summer. Top of Page | Back to Home Page Workshop for BSBI Site Condition Monitoring Volunteers A one day workshop was held at SNH Battleby in conjunction with Lynne Farrell of SNH Species Group. A dozen volunteers participated in a lively workshop about the Site Condition Monitoring project. Nearly all the volunteers who attended went on to lead the SCM work on particular sites in the 2006 programme. Top of Page | Back to Home Page MapMate Workshop held for Scottish BSBI Recorders A two day residential MapMate Workshop was organised for Scottish BSBI Recorders. Sixteen Scottish Recorders and three ordinary members participated over the two day event, held at Kindrogan Field Studies Centre. Tutors worked through sections on Data Entry, Queries, Mapping, Synchronisation and Backup in the BSBI MapMate handbook with recorders. The handbook had been comprehensively revised and updated especially for the event, and was accompanied by a training dataset, on CD. The course was organised by BSBI Scottish Officer, Jim McIntosh. The tutors were Martin Rand, an English Recorder and MapMate expert, and Bob Ellis, BSBI Volunteers Officer. Top of Page | Back to Home Page BSBI delivers seven Site Condition Monitoring Reports During the summer of 2004, BSBI volunteers undertook a programme of survey work for SNH called Site Condition Monitoring. The reports assess the health of populations of rare and scarce species and give an indication of the overall condition of the site itself. The Scottish Officer helped volunteers complete the reports, and forwarded them to SNH in February 2005. Top of Page | Back to Home Page (Require) Last updated : February 24, 2007 |
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