BIOBLITZ INFO

​Please read this information so that you can get the most from the day/sessions.

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What’s happening?

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Moth trapping - starts the evening before and the moths collected will be viewed on Sunday at 08.30 a.m. at Basecamp. Meet at the Sleeper meeting point or go direct to the Basecamp (see Map) 

Family Nature walks led by guides and helpers – aimed at children and parents (under 18s must be accompanied), starting from the Sleeper meeting point at 10.30 and 2.30.

Bioblitz recording general Sessions for the general public - groups led by experts. Please meet at the Sleeper Meeting Point at 10.00 (for morning session) or 2.00 pm (afternoon session) and you will be directed to the Basecamp. There you will be offered the chance to join one of a series of walks, aimed to start soon after an Introduction and Health & Safety talk. Capacity of each group is around 20 people. We expect at least three groups in the morning and the same in the afternoon:

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• Plants – led by Debs Wallace and Anna Keightley

• Invertebrates and other animals – led by Tony Parker and Andrew Emmerson

• Birds – led by the local BTO Bird group

 

On the day, there may also be other Bioblitz groups such as - Water quality monitoring; Lichens, Fungi

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Specialist walks at various times during the morning and afternoon to be signed-up for on the day:  

• ‘Trees - old and new’ at 11.00 am led by Prof John Handley and Dr Jonathan Lageard; 

• ‘Sphagnum bog moss – recovery and restoration’ at 3.30 pm led by Prof Simon Caporn. 

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Observations and recording by other people – there will be other experts, enthusiasts and visitors who will join to make their own observations and records without joining a walking tour. You can just do your own thing!

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Stalls - information and activities – at the Basecamp area there will be a few stalls providing information, educational and fun activities, some aimed at children:

Reception (& sign-up) and Friends of Lindow Moss; Moth Group Demonstration (morning); Cheshire Local Records Centre; Cheshire Wildlife Trust; Save Danes Moss.

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Recording observations - Recording observations of species should ideally include some indication of the location on the event map. More precise useful details are: OS Grid Reference, Latitude/Longitude, What-3-Words. 

Visitors and experts will be encouraged to submit their records on paper, email or by any means. Blank paper record sheets are available on the day. We can record or photo people’s lists or you can send us confirmation of species later. The Cheshire Local Records Centre staff are available to talk with people about biological-recording.

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i-Naturalist We also encourage people to use i-Naturalist App to add observations online via mobile or at home ( https://uk.inaturalist.org/ ). Download the App at home. After registering an account in i-Naturalist, start adding your observations and photos from your mobile phone. As long as you have your GPS on, the location and date and time will be recorded.

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Later, in the I-Naturalist App, go to the Projects area and search for ‘Lindow Moss Nature Recording’ (already showing a lot of observations) and you can set it to show all the records just from the Bioblitz day. Internet signal is usually poor on the Moss, so an alternative option is to photo the plant or animal and add your observation to i-Naturalist from home. For helpful tutorials https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help  

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For younger families there is also an app called ‘Seek’ which is part of i-Naturalist. This encourages younger children to identify insects, plants and birds and record them in the app.  Both are free to use and will be really helpful in the future recording of species on Lindow.  

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And finally You should bring your own lunch and refreshments. At lunch, people can return to Basecamp with their findings & confirm IDs with expert help. After lunch, people either return to the Moss to investigate further or spend more time at Basecamp or leave.

The Bioblitz and recording day event has been risk-assessed for typical survey activities at this site. Main hazards are deep water ditches, insect bites, trips and slips. First Aid is at Basecamp. If it is hot, bottled water will be available. A Toilet is at Basecamp.

This event is organised as part of the Discover Lindow Programme; further information of this can be found at this web site: https://www.discoverlindow.org/  Bioblitz lead organiser is Simon Caporn (s.j.m.caporn@mmu.ac.uk  Mobile: 07949-208983 )