Animal lovers staying in Dorset holiday cottages this summer can get involved in a project being run by the RSPB in the region to help track the bird population in the area.
The Bournemouth Echo reports that the bird welfare charity wants to break the 10,000 mark in terms of the number of people joining in across Dorset.
Last year, 9,185 people in the area took part in the survey – meaning people staying in Dorset holiday cottages this summer could tip the balance and take the participation into five figures.
The Big Garden Birdwatch scheme calls on people in the region to report any sightings of rare birds in their gardens.
With the recent cold weather, this year”s report could be more important than ever in order to assess how the birds have coped with the winter.
The Bournemouth Daily Echo recently reported that the heavy weather had actually caused more rare species to appear – albeit in the sea, rather than the sky.
Rare species of crab and barnacle were washed up in heavy seas, according to the publication.
Posted by Andrew Hill
