SOUTH-EAST SCOTLAND ATLAS TEAM

The local tetrad atlas organising group comprises the following volunteers:

Lothian
Mark Holling (Atlas Regional Organiser for Lothian; East Lothian contact), Alan Heavisides (BTO Regional Representative for Lothian; West Lothian contact) and Neville Crowther (Midlothian contact).

Borders
Ray Murray (Atlas Regional Organiser for Borders; eastern Borders contact), Graham Pyatt (BTO Regional Representative for Borders; western Borders contact) and David Parkinson (central Borders contact)

Also
Stephen Welch, Harry Dott and Ian Andrews (data handling and website)

Note: the SE Scotland Atlas covers the combined Recording Areas of Lothian and Borders. This does not equate exactly with the BTO regions. Some Lothian and Borders tetrads may fall in the BTO's Lanarkshire, Dumfries, Cumbria and Northumberland regions. MAP SHOWING 10km SQUARE ALLOCATIONS

LOCAL ATLAS INSTRUCTIONS

The following links are to pdf files that contain much information that will be useful if you are thinking of taking part, or equally important if you are already taking part.

INITIAL CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS (OCT 2007)

WINTER INSTRUCTIONS (OCT 2007)

WINTER UPDATE (DEC 2007)

BREEDING SEASON INSTRUCTIONS (APR 2008) - includes winter instructions (as above)

TIPS ON HOW TO SUBMIT ATLAS RECORDS (MAR 2009)

WINTER NEWSLETTER (NOV 2009)

***NEW***SPRING NEWSLETTER (MAR 2010) ***NEW***

The authoratitive guidance notes for the national atlas should be read in conjunction with this local information. Click here.

Additional BTO guidance notes on Tetrad Population Estimates: download pdf file

FINDING A TETRAD

Are you having problems finding which tetrad you saw your birds in? Here are some suggestions.

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PROBLEM TETRAD BOUNDARIES

Some popular birding sites fall into two or more tetrads and it can be difficult to decide which tetrad a particular record belongs. The following file includes detailed maps of Musselburgh lagoons, Aberlady Bay and Tyninghame Bay/John Muir Country Park which should help. The images are from GoogleEarth and Microsoft VirtualMap.

Download pdf file

WINTER 2008-9 NEWSLETTER

Download pdf file

HABITAT MAPS

The following maps of broad habitat types are derived from the CEH's Land Cover Map 2000 dataset.

Arable farmland
Broadleaved woodland
Built-up areas
Coniferous woodland
Improved grassland
Open water
Other
Semi-natural habitats
Upland habitats
Altitude

TETRAD SPECIES LISTS

The following tetrad species lists can be viewed:

Breeding atlas, 1988-94
Breeding atlas, 1988-94 and 2008-11
Winter atlas, 2008-11

Click on any tetrad to get the relevant species list for that tetrad. Notes: (1) some sensitive data may not be published at tetrad scale; (2) records of a few non-breeding, migrant species may also be omitted; (3) data for the 2008-11 atlas are provisional and unverified, and up-to-date to the latest download from the BTO.

Hints for printing (these vary between printers and browsers). Right click in the window containing the list and select 'Print Preview'. Change layout to 'landscape' and shrink page to between 80% and 90% for A4 or leave as 'portrait'and reduce to 60% for A5. Then print (first page only, if there is more than one).