Are counts needed for Roving Records, and can they be submitted online?
For the purposes of the national atlas, counts are, strictly, only needed for species encountered during the main 1-hour Timed Tetrad Visits. (Counts are not needed for species during ‘extra time’ i.e. after the main TTV is completed, although you may wish to keep a note of numbers if a scarcer species is encountered.) Counts are not needed by the national atlas for Roving Records, but may be of value locally, especially for scarcer species or larger flocks. Currently, counts cannot be submitted using the online RR system, but this facility will be added shortly (and it will be possible to add counts to records already submitted). For RRs, counts will still be optional i.e. there is no need to keep a count for all species seen (unless you’re doing a TTV). For Co Waterford we suggest that you keep a note of numbers of any species you think might be of particular interest or of particularly large flocks, and enter them with your RRs when the online system allows this. Alternatively, or i
