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-	Wiki successfully set up.	+	== <font color="blue">Welcome to the Croydon Birders Website</font> ==
-	==First Steps==	+	This site is intended for people to view and enter sightings of birds in the
-	The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.	+	Croydon area. This can be individual sightings or complete lists from the sites you've visitied. Information on all the latest sightings can be found on the [[LatestNews|Latest News]] page which can be accessed from the navigation section on the left of this page.
-	#<font color="red">Important:</font>  [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]] as admin and go to [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] to change your password!	+
-	#On this page: [[image_logo_url]] put just the url for the logo.	+
-	#Add the url for your wiki to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Categorized_Wiki_List Categorized wiki list]. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.	+
-	#To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Link_Quota_Page Link Quota Page] to increase your uploads quota.	+
-	==Other optional things to do==	+
-	*Edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the navigation menu	+	To obtain access rights please contact either '''John Birkett''' ( johnbirkett(at)hotmail.co.uk ) or '''Simon Harris''' ( simon(at)hhwcomputing.co.uk ) and we will get back to you with your user id and password.
-	*Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:	+
-	#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki Wikipedia list of wikis]	+	<pre><nowiki>
-	#[http://www.wikiindex.com/Add_a_Wiki WikiIndex]<br>	+	We would like you to e-mail any records of schedule 1 species during the breeding season to us,
-	*If you are feeling adventurous and know a little about web design you can edit the javascript and css to the [[Header]] to change the look of your wiki.	+	but any such records posted on this site will be removed (as will any anonymous posts).
-	**You must log as admin to do this	+	</nowiki></pre>
-	**Whatever you enter in this page will be added to the html in the header after the standard style sheet, so you can override styles.	+
-	*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.	+	When entering records please ensure you include the following information -
-	*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]	+
		+	# location,
		+	# date (and time) and
		+	# observer details.
		+
		+	If you want to know where to go birding in Croydon then take a look at the [http://www.croydon-rspb.org.uk RSPB Croydon Local Group website] where you will find out lots of information about the groups activities as well as a guide to the main sites in the Croydon area.
		+
		+	There is also a page to record sightings of [[Other Wildlife]] species in Croydon.
		+
		+	Please note that records submitted to this website will be shared with the RSPB Croydon Local Group for use in their survey of birds in Croydon. We may get back to you for more info about records of scarcer species and records of other wildlife as records posted here may also be
		+	submittted to the London Natural History Society and the Surrey county bird recorder.
		+
		+	Please see the notes on Latest News page about '''''avian pox''''' as we would encourage people to report any incidents to the RSPB (and to let us know as well).

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Current revision as of 15:18, 29 May 2012

Welcome to the Croydon Birders Website

This site is intended for people to view and enter sightings of birds in the Croydon area. This can be individual sightings or complete lists from the sites you've visitied. Information on all the latest sightings can be found on the Latest News page which can be accessed from the navigation section on the left of this page.

To obtain access rights please contact either John Birkett ( johnbirkett(at)hotmail.co.uk ) or Simon Harris ( simon(at)hhwcomputing.co.uk ) and we will get back to you with your user id and password.

We would like you to e-mail any records of schedule 1 species during the breeding season to us,
but any such records posted on this site will be removed (as will any anonymous posts).

When entering records please ensure you include the following information -

1. location,
2. date (and time) and
3. observer details.

If you want to know where to go birding in Croydon then take a look at the RSPB Croydon Local Group website where you will find out lots of information about the groups activities as well as a guide to the main sites in the Croydon area.

There is also a page to record sightings of Other Wildlife species in Croydon.

Please note that records submitted to this website will be shared with the RSPB Croydon Local Group for use in their survey of birds in Croydon. We may get back to you for more info about records of scarcer species and records of other wildlife as records posted here may also be submittted to the London Natural History Society and the Surrey county bird recorder.

Please see the notes on Latest News page about avian pox as we would encourage people to report any incidents to the RSPB (and to let us know as well).