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BSBI Welsh Officer
Polly Spencer-Vellacott was appointed as the BSBI’s first Welsh Officer in June 2011. This is part of the BSBI’s Welsh project which is partly funded by the Countryside Council for Wales.
Polly’s role involves providing a range of support to vice-county recorders (and other active BSBI members) in Wales. This can include support in relation to using computers and MapMate to manage data, or in planning a recording strategy for the county. Our current biggest priority is to ensure that sufficient records are obtained by 2019 for the next Atlas.
Polly is also hoping to get more BSBI members involved in monitoring rare plants on SSSIs. If you would be interested in visiting some of Wales’ protected sites please email her and she will try to get in contact when planning fieldwork during 2012.
Polly can be contacted by email welshofficer@bsbi.org.uk or sometimes in the office (she is based in the CCW office in Mold) on 01352 706633
Welsh Officer News
November 2011
It’s now five months into the job and I’m still enjoying it. I have now visited the vice county recorders in nine of the thirteen Welsh vice-counties and I am amazed at the work they do. Some carry out their recording in addition to full-time jobs, although most of these work in some ecological capacity and will collect some records in the course of their work. Others have been in position for several decades and have collated an astounding body of detailed records.
Having recently visited Arthur Chater, I was given an electronic copy of his Flora of Cardiganshire. Whether or not you have a hard copy of the book, I can recommend the electronic version. It is searchable so you can quickly find the species you are interested in (no need for the index) and also includes high resolution versions of many of the photographs, which you can enlarge on screen. Unfortunately the file is too large to be easily downloaded, but you can get a copy via Alex Lockton, as detailed on the main website.
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BSBI Welsh Bulletin