Please provide a map of your site COMMON BIRD MONITORING

FIELD RECORDING SHEET

Transact Line (__) (__________________________)
State: - _________________, District: - _____________, Tehsil: - _____

NAME OF
NUMBER OF
COMPILERS/EMAIL
OBSERVERS
ID/ ADDRESS
NAME OF TRANSECT GIS Grid Number
LINE AND DISTANCE (kml) Distance
HABITAT PROTECTION STATUS
NEAREST LARGE
DISTRICT STATE
TOWN/ CITY
GEO. COORDINATES N- E- Elevation-
WEATHER (1 or 2 or 3) Cloud Rain Wind Visibility
DATE OF VISIT START TIME AM END TIME AM

Weather
Please do not attempt to carry out surveys in conditions of heavy rain, poor
visibility or strong wind. Please record the weather conditions in the boxes
provided in the form, describing cloud cover, rain, wind speed, and visibility.
Choose one number 1(-)3 from each of the four headings below and enter
these in the boxes. If the weather conditions change during your survey visit,
please select a single weather category that best represents the overall
conditions.
Please use this space to record any other additional information about your site Cloud cover Rain Wind Visibility

or transect, like threats, etc. 0 – 1/3rd = 1 None = 1 Calm = 1 Good =1

rds
1/3 – 2/3 = 2 Light = 2 Light = 2 Moderate = 2

2/3rds– total = 3 Heavy = 3 Strong = 3 Poor =3

Tips to volunteers
The transect is divided into 200 m sections for convenience; please
do not worry about birds at the boundary of two sections: record
them in the one that seems more appropriate, but not in both. Try
not to record the same individual bird twice, e.g. a bird that can be
heard singing from several 200 m sections should be recorded once,
where it was first detected.
Counts should ideally start around 7am, and no later than 9am.
Do not record birds you see or hear before or after your transect line
(i.e. behind your first 200 m section or in front of your last 200 m
Indian Bird Conservation Network, Bombay Natural History Society,
Hornbill House, Opp. Lion Gate, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 001, India section).
Contact No:- 91-22-22818957 Record all birds to the sides of your transect line.
Nandkishor Dudhe:- 8087738422 Record all birds that you can see or hear on both side of transect line,
Email: [email protected], [email protected], even if they are at a distance.
Website: www.ibcn.in
Record the name of bird species on the Field Recording Sheet in the
order in which you observe them.
Ensure that only the number of birds recorded is written in each box
on the count summary forms. Additional information such as ‘+’ or
‘many’ complicates the study and should be avoided.
Species Name Number of birds recorded on each transect section Total
0-200m 200-400m 400-600m 600-800m 800-1000m 1000-1200m 1200-1400m 1400-1600m 1600-1800m 1800-2000m