Information and Advice

Information and Advice

Data

Shotover Wildlife holds databases of various species groups for Shotover Hill, Brasenose Wood and surrounding area.

Birds The Shotover Wildlife birds database holds all official records ever reported for the Shotover area (as far as has been possible to ascertain), and includes records extracted from Annual Reports of the Oxford Ornithological Society (OOS) dating from 19th Century. More recent entries include over 4 years of systematic survey data from fixed-point survey routes on Shotover Hill, data from various other regular local surveys (some of which are part of the OOS 'Patchwork' Project) and 20 years of Common Bird Census data (BTO) for Brasenose Wood.

Flora
Specific areas and habitats within Shotover Country Park have been surveyed in some detail over the past few years (the Adopt-a-Sector Scheme), and these data form a substantial database of the current flora of Shotover Hill and Brasenose Wood. Shotover Wildlife also holds flora species lists (including bryophytes) for many fields and habitats in the area surrounding the Country Park.

Aculeate Hymenoptera
Shotover Hill has been extensively surveyed for wild bees and wasps, and data are available for various locations on and around the Hill.

Other species groups
Over the past few years Shotover Wildlife has facilitated the recording of various species groups (mammals, arachnids, coleoptera, etc) and these are stored as the information is returned to us from the determiner.

Student Assistance

The Country Park at Shotover is commonly used by students for project work and many have benefited from the accumulated knowledge, data and experience of Shotover Wildlife: especially in the areas of heath and wetland habitat restoration. We are also well placed to comment on the benefits and threats to wildlife in relation to its SSSI status and use as a public amenity. To date, most assistance has been given for undergraduate and postgraduate study, but we also assist with GCSE and 'A' Level projects.

A list of the student assistance that has been provided by Shotover Wildlife can be found here.

Orienteering and Running

Click here for guidance on seasonally sensitive areas.

Leaflets, Reports/Dissertations and Photographs

Shotover Wildlife has produced a number of detailed reports (Wetland flora and hydrology, Birds, Hymenoptera) and is continuing to develop a series of public information leaflets. Please see Publications.

The organisation also holds a library of books, reports and photographs for loan to members. This includes copies of student dissertations that are specific to Shotover.

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