* Survey data summaries.xlsx

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1	Species Group	Existing Data	Future Plans	Frequency of Survey	Time required	Resources Required	ACTION	Survey Limitations	Notes:

2	Birds:
3	Raptors	Comprehensive Data set from 2015	Continue to monitor with help of TRSG (Tayside Raptor Study Group)	Annual	10 days/annum completed by TRSG volunteers	None	Maintain communication with Wendy Mattingley and support as required.	Relies on Wendys expertise and commitment
4	Black Grouse	Lek count data from 1990?	Continue to monitor the main lek and do 1-2 dawn site walk overs to identify other lekking birds	Annual	2 days/annum, vols already in place	Volunteer time	HH/FC to coordinate walk overs.	Dawn surveys.
5	Black Grouse			Annual	BG walks	Volunteer time	TF and RF regularly monitor BG in the area.	Enough local interest for this to be sustainable
6	Breeding Birds	BBS data from 2021/2022/2023	Use RP’s method involving transects. Repeat yearly.	Annual ideally but at least every 3yrs	8 days/annum.	Engage/recruit volunteers with appropriate skill set.	RP complete transect marking and write up survey protocol/forms etc.	High level of recorder skill required, especially in identifying bird song
7	Breeding Birds	BBS data from 2021/2022/2023	Use RP’s method involving transects. Repeat yearly.	Annual ideally but at least every 3yrs	Vols already in place, but could use more.	Engage/recruit volunteers with appropriate skill set.
8	Bird List in hut	Data 2008-now.	Continue to record	ongoing	n/a	none	none	No record of abundance, but still of value for recording transient/rare species.
9	Bird List in hut	104 species on this list.	Continue to record	ongoing	n/a	none	none
10	Insects:
11	Moths	81sp list, mostly from 6 moth trapping sessions near hut	More extensive moth trapping from wider area Targetting specific nationally/locally scarce species	Ongoing	?	Engage with local enthusiasts/national experts to increase effort?	Biolblitz 2023
12						Engage with Anthony and local county recorders
13	Butterflies	Survey in 2021 ecology Report (results limited)	Complete more comprehensicve annual surveys using RP transect network	Annual	1 day/month April - September	Engage/recruit volunteers with appropriate skill set.
14		Pearl Bordered Fritillary Survey from 2022/23	Targeted species survey as per Butterfly Conservation methodology	Annual	2 days/ annum in May	Current volinteers have necessary skills	Continue
15		Northern Brown Argus Survey 2022	Targeted species survey as per Butterfly Conservation methodology	Every 2-3 yrs	1 day/annum (July)
16		Butterfly transect 2018/9		Every 5 yrs?	? 1 day/week April-september	?		significant volunteer effort required and very weather dependant	Initial butterfly transect was abandoned due to time required and limitations of weather requirements.
17	Dragons and Damsels	No systematic records/ surveys completed. We do have a species list.	Surveys can be completed using iRecord app, but require training	Annual	Ideally weekly, but could be more sporadic	Engage/recruit volunteers with appropriate skill set.	Get BDS to do survey training	Volunteer capacity
18	Bees	No systematic records/ surveys completed. We do have a partial bee species list.	We have asked Anthony McCluskey to do some survey work looking at bumble and solitary bees			Engage/recruit volunteers with appropriate skill set.	Consult with experts as to best way to survey/train volunteers to conduct suverys?
19	Bees					Engage/recruit volunteers with appropriate skill set.
20	Beetles	Pitfall trap data from 2002	?? Redo survey from 2002?? And broader site survey	?	?	Experts capably of Iding species	Research whether repeating study from 2002 would be worthwhile
21	Fresh water inverts/verts	No systematic records/studies of fresh water ecology have been carried out
22	Reptiles
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24	Amphibians:
25	Mammals:
26	Badgers	Anecodotal	Wider site survey for badger sets	?	?
27	Bats	No records	Conduct baseline bat surveys	?	?
28	Otter	A few camera trap and scat records, nothing systematic	Conduct baseline otter surveys	?	?
29	Watervole	Survey data from 2004/15/18/23	more comprehensive survey of more of the site	?	?
30	Fox	Anecdotal records	Conduct baseline fox den surveys	?	?
31	Pinemarten	Some camera trap images and scat records, nothing systematic	Small mammal trap survey??	?	?
32	Other small mammals	nothing systematic
33	Plants:
34	NVC	1999 NVC and broad 2018 NVC	20223 Full NVC by Ben Averis	Ideally every 5 years	10 days?	Cost implication of circa £3000 for 2023	Willie McGhee to arrange 20223 survey	Comprehensive analysis of habitat types on site	2023 survey will be comparible with 1999 survey
35	Flora monitoring
36	Limestone Outcrop survey	2005 and 2018 plant list with DAFOR ratings	Repeat surveys	Every 5 years	1 day	Surveys with adequate plant id knowledge	Coordinate survey in 2023/23
37	Monitoring pllots	Survey of 3 marked? Monitoring plots from 2002. Currently being digitised by JG	Repeat survey in 2024	Every 5?years	1/2 days	Surveys with adequate plant id /survey knowledge	Coordinate survey in 2023/23
38	Whitebridge Survey 2016	Walkover botanical survey by faith anstey and other experts in 2016 and 2023							have spreadsheet with comparisons of the 2 surveys. No relative abundance of species recorded.
39	Tree regen plots
40	Heath Plots
41	Historical Photographic record
42	Fixed Point photography
43	Hamish Photo records
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45	Lichen
46	Mosses and Liverworst
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