The current position of hectad adoption is as below. Let Jeremy know of errors or changes – or leave a comment below.
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Note, 23 March 2025: the latest map, below, demonstrates the start of a process whereby hectad adopters who have had ‘under their control’ more than a very few hectads are asked to relinquish those that they can rarely visit (due to distance or available time or other constraint).
It is hoped that the ‘open’ hectads (asterisked) can be adopted by others who can visit and record in them, but also make clear that recording visits to tetrads within those unadopted hectads are encouraged and will be very much welcomed. (Views have been expressed that the apparent +/- complete adoption previously illustrated might have – for instance – elicited the impression that ‘Cumbria is covered’! – or generate much uncertainty as to where to try recording whilst avoiding ‘treading on toes’.) Over coming months, the number of unadopted hectads is likely to increase, the map being updated at intervals.
What does the role involve?
The kind of things that hectad adopters might consider:
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- explore the hectad to find, and then record, the best areas in terms of habitat, diversity, significant species, etc.
- plan to achieve good coverage** in all parts of hectad in each twenty-year round
- ensure timely input of data to the BSBI’s Distribution Database (via the vice-county recorders)
- liaise with other recorders to improve coverage, and avoid duplication; perhaps create local ‘team’
- offer advice, and co-lead, group outings in your hectad
- enjoy!
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[** ‘good coverage’ is regarded as achieving (within each 20-year recording round of the BSBI, currently 2020–2039) at least one well-recorded monad in each of your 25 tetrads. Obviously you can do more (or spend more time in less well-recorded areas.]
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