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| Author: | Colin and Sheila Jennings [ Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Access to The Lincolnshire Bird Club Database |
Access to the Lincolnshire Bird Club Database This note is provided for the benefit of non-members, who may not be aware that, thanks to the outstanding efforts of a small number of volunteers – still ongoing – all records submitted to the Club since 1998 are now held on a fully searchable database. Because of its very great commercial value, access to this database is controlled and a charge is made for any commercial use. However, records are provided free of charge to conservation bodies for conservation purposes and for private research or study by members. (LBC reserve the right to make a small administrative charge for supply of requests to non-members for research or study if very large volumes of data are requested, but in practice to date, these requests have also been met free of charge. The existence of this service is regularly advertised to LBC members in LBN, and uses of the data are always reported at the AGM. The following invitation appeared in LBN Vol 28 No1 January 2006 Members’ Own Research At long last the Club’s bird records from 1998 to 2003 are on one computer and therefore readily available for any member who wishes to use them for their own project. The records for 2004 will be added very soon (so if you have outstanding records for that year please submit them now) and those for 2005 later in the year. Records for single or multiple species, for specific areas or between specific dates can all be easily extracted from the database and provided to the user as Excel or csv files or as hard copy. If you have a project in mind and would like to make use of this valuable asset to which many of you are contributing please contact Janet Eastmead by email (jee@freeuk.com) or telephone (01522 754522). You will need to complete a brief application form explaining how the data are to be used and agreeing to abide by the Club’s terms and conditions. The following note appeared in LBN Vol 29 No 3 June 2007, in the account of the AGM under Hon Secretary’s Report :- “Database The Club’s computer database now holds 9 years’ records (i.e. from 1998 to the present) and, as well as being available to conservation bodies and developers, these data are equally available to members for their own research.†Categories of Use to Date In total, 28 formal requests for data were received in 2006, and 21 to date in 2007. These 49 requests break down as follows: · 38 came from 24 ecological consultancies representing developers working in Lincolnshire; · 3 came from LBC members for private research projects; · 3 came from local government or similar bodies looking to develop quality of life indices; · 3 came from workers outside the county studying species which migrate through or are moving into Lincolnshire; and · 2 came from conservation organisations: a joint request from WWT-English Nature for assistance at Public Inquiry, and one from RSPB for farmland bird data for their national project. In addition, data are of course continually supplied by the County Recorder to BBRC, RBBP, BOURC and other national bodies for national monitoring purposes. Production of County Bird Reports Finally, though by NO means least important, having put all available volunteer person-time into getting the records onto the database, we are able to turn to updating the reports. As members are aware, the 3-year Rares Report for 1997-1999 has been delivered, that for 2000-02 is being written, and data are being collated for 2003-05. For the remaining species, SoBiL 2 covering 1996-2000 is being written and SoBiL 3 will follow straight on. The biggest single hold-up now is the non-availability of written descriptions and/or photographs of rare species for the years 2000 to date. The County Recorder has despatched requests for such confirmation of several hundred sightings, and the most important contribution members and others can make to getting these reports out faster is to provide this evidence please, as soon as you get your request. LBC Committee 12th November 2007 |
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