Here is a helpful reminder of the start dates of transect weeks.
The formal transect season starts on 1 April every year and continues until the end of September.
The day of the week on which transect weeks start (i.e. the day on which 1 April falls) normally moves ahead each year by one day, but by two days in a leap year. The table below gives the starting days of the transect week from 2018 to 2030.
| Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday | Sunday | Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday |
The actual start dates of each transect week remain the same from year to year. The next table gives these dates with the corresponding week number from 1 to 26.
| Week no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 April | 8 April | 15 April | 22 April | 29 April | 6 May | 13 May | 20 May | 27 May | 3 June | 10 June | 17 June | 24 June |
| Week no. | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 July | 8 July | 15 July | 22 July | 29 July | 5 August | 12 August | 19 August | 26 August | 2 Sept | 9 Sept | 16 Sept | 23 Sept |