Nest Box Challenge becomes Nesting Neighbours

09 Mar 2020

The survey Nest Box Challenge has been relaunched as Nesting Neighbours. So what else is different?

The survey itself hasn't changed - participants are asked to monitor and input the details of nests in their gardens and local area.

However, improvements have been made to the data entry process:

The underlying database is also now more closely related to other BTO surveys to aid analysis.

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