Whooper Swan Map

The Fylde Bird Club invites its members to record their Whooper Swan records on the new Whooper Swan Map. Recording exactly which fields Whooper Swans use through the winter will provide invaluable data that can be used to campaign against developments or aid conservation and farming grants. To view existing records or add your own sightings please carefully follow the instructions below. It is vital that each record is labelled with the date of the sighting, the number of swans in the flock, the crop type/habitat, a grid reference and observer initials. Each and every record is important - it doesn't matter if the field in question already contains several records, please still add your sightings.

1)     Go to http://maps.google.co.uk/

2)     Click ‘Sign in’ at the top right of the page

3)     Enter login details (contact news@fyldebirdclub.org to receive the login details)

4)     Click on 'My Maps'

5)     Click on ‘Whooper Swan’ that appears just below ‘My Maps’

6)     The map then appears displaying the placemarks that have already been added. To view information about each Whooper Swan sighting, click on the placemark.

7)     To add a sighting click ‘edit’ in the left panel then select the placemark symbol. Place the bookmark in the correct location then add the relevant information in the information box that appears next to the placemark (do not edit the map information in the left panel). Please title each sighting with the date, then add number of birds, crop type/habitat, grid reference and observer initials in the ‘description’ box below. To find the correct grid reference use the tool here.

8)   When added, click ‘save’ in the left panel, then log out by clicking ‘sign out’ in the top right corner of the screen

For further information please contact us.