As many of us are involved in Atlas and BBS surveys at the moment I thought you might be interested to know that there is a testing kit for tick bites available from the travelhealthstore. co.uk.
I thought the warnings about tick bites were a bit over the top until last year when I met a chap at Birdfair who is now plagued with joint pains and declining eyesight from catching Lyme's disease ...and he is a professional biologist so well aware of the dangers.
Unfortunately the bitter winter weather has not reduced them enough as dog owners are finding out!