10km Square Champions

Calling all UTB Supporters - become a 10km Square Champion!

Every 5 years, Butterfly Conservation produces a national butterfly atlas and Upper Thames members have the responsibility for gathering the data in our 3 counties.

In order to achieve reasonable coverage across the whole region, not just the honey-pot sites, we have a team of 10K Champions. It is their job to make sure that each tetrad (ie a 2x2 km² square of the Ordnance Survey's national grid) of the 10K square is visited at least once in each season over the 5-year atlas period. You don't have to do it all yourself - some of our 10K squares are shared by more than 1 person.

Figure 1 below is a map of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, divided into labelled 10K squares. For the squares with large bold text and a blue background, eg SP44, we are looking for 1 or more volunteers to take over as 10K Champions. For the squares with a cream background and a question mark below the square name, eg SP62, we already have someone in place, but they would welcome more help. The pink squares with an italic font and a 'C' below the name, eg SU76, already have a 10K Champion in place.

For a few of the 10K squares, I have been unable to make contact with the person who, according to the records, used to be the 10K Champion, so I have relabelled them as vacant. If one of these is your square and you are happy to carry on, please let me know and I will update the maps.

If you think you might be able to help in any way, please email me.

Jan Haseler
February 2013

Figure 1: The 10K squares of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, showing where new 10K Champions are needed (as at 05/05/13)