KZN CTG 14 to 27 Feb

This last fortnight saw 5 cards submitted that contributed to CTG in KZN.
While this is a relatively low figure, our lowest since I have been keeping records in March 2011 is zero. The last time that we dipped to five though, was the fortnight ending 4-03-2012. It would seem that we have definite "heat of summer" dip towards the end of February.
In light of the ADU's new distribution maps CTG is now even more important. The new maps on the SABAP2 website show a species presence in yellow if there are less than 4 cards for that pentad, or if there is only ad hoc or incidental record data. In a sense then, data with less than three cards is equated with these latter data types, i.e. the species reporting rates really only become meaningful with 4+ cards. This should really spur us on to  pull as many pentads as possible up to the four card mark.

When looking at the distribution of submissions, 4 cards were submitted for 2831 and one for 2731.
2830 remains our degree square in most need of coverage with 326 cards needed.
2732 needs 187 while 2731 now needs 186 cards.

John and Kim Cox again topped the CTG contribution table with 4 cards, while we can add Klaus Achtzehn to our list of contributors, with a single card in 2731.

For KZN overall we had 68 cards submitted in the last fortnight, which is a rate of 4.9 cards/day. This is distinctly lower than our average of 7.6 cards/day. We are maintaining a relatively high number of records per card of 59.0 against our overall average of 55.3.