Short:    Database for storing bird-watching records
Author:   Marek Walford
Uploader: mw71@alpha2.bton.ac.uk
Type:     biz/dbase

The main features of BirdBase are:

@{fg highlight}Species Database@{fg text}
· Complete species database of British birds
· Systematic order of Voous with English names
@{fg highlight}Sites Database@{fg text}
· Maintain a database of sites and counties
· Sites database is fully editable
@{fg highlight}Recording Sightings@{fg text}
· Sightings are entered from a species list
· Entries are checked against the species and sites databases 
· For each field trip you can record the date, time, weather, site and notes
· For each sighting you can record the species, number, age and sex        
@{fg highlight}Creating Reports@{fg text}
· Create reports by site, county, date, year or species
· Reports can be output to ascii files or directly to other programs
· Reports count the number of species in each list
· Reports also list all individual sightings of each species
· Keep pre-defined lists for quick listing
· Automatic updating of lists
· New lists can be set up at any time
@{fg highlight}Other Features@{fg text}
· Complete on-line Help


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
     904     444 50.8% 11-Mar-97 08:25:02  BirdBase.info
   12232    2262 81.5% 09-Mar-97 15:14:48 +1997.BIRD
  113548   35355 68.8% 10-Mar-97 16:30:50 +BirdBase
    2823     936 66.8% 11-Mar-97 08:25:02 +BirdBase.info
     740     178 75.9% 03-Mar-97 09:00:36 +BirdBaseMAIN.abk
     335     220 34.3% 03-Mar-97 09:00:36 +BirdBaseMAIN2.abk
    8710    3580 58.8% 06-Mar-97 19:12:54 +DEFAULT.DB
     524      37 92.9% 26-Oct-96 17:18:30 +XEN.font
    2440    1455 40.3% 03-May-93 12:56:30 +8
   26897    7104 73.5% 10-Mar-97 15:01:46 +Help.guide
    4615     706 84.7% 11-Mar-97 08:25:02 +Help.guide.info
    1118     448 59.9% 05-Mar-97 18:37:42 +Install
    1887    1022 45.8% 11-Mar-97 08:25:02 +Install.info
   46948   28913 38.4% 07-Feb-95 14:13:24 +amos.library
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
  223721   82660 63.0% 18-Mar-97 15:50:04   14 files