In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com: Will the BMC be pushing a Press Release about this? They should be I reckon, they should shout as loud as they can that climbers are helping conservation. Take a few journalists out for a days climbing, show them what we actually do as opposed to what they think we do. Perhaps engage with the ornithological orgs in helping to do surveys of birds. There must be a number of us who are both ornithologists and climbers who could help?