We realise that with it being just a few days before Christmas, most people’s minds will be on whether they’ve remembered to buy enough presents.
If however, you have enough head space to be thinking about your plans for the coming year then this might be one for your 2010 diary.
Each year at the end of February, the RSPB conduct a beached bird survey.
As always, they rely very much on the help given by volunteers and are on the lookout for members of the public to get involved in 2010.
Several stretches of the coastline between The Needles and Wootton will be surveyed and the results used in conjunction with those from other European counties. The aim ‘is to contribute to international monitoring efforts to document trends in chronic marine oil pollution and to promote adequate methods of controlling illegal oil discharge to help reduce seabird mortality’.
If you are willing to help, or know someone who is, would you please contact Heather Parr at RSPB ([email protected] )
Thanks to Matt for the heads up
Image: aforero under CC BY-SA 2.0
