Chiff-chaff - 1980s winter atlas
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 11:57AM
Pembrokeshire Avifauna committee in 1980s BTO winter atlas, Chiffchaff, GHR, passerine, warbler

The BTO winter atlas showed that Chiffchaffs were present in 41% of 10km squares during the winters of 1981-82, 1982-82 and 1983-84.

The darker the colour, the higher the relative total count for each 10km square.  The darkest blue represents 3 or more birds seen in a day.

However, it should be noted that the figures show a high correlation with the number of recording cards returned (therefore related to recording effort) for each 10km square. 

Graham Rees 

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