Wildlife - Carrying Out Surveys

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Considerations

  • objective setting and planning
  • risk assessment/health and safety
  • legislation
  • results
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Objective Setting and Planning

  • What are you trying to achieve?
  • What do you want to get from this?
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Risk Assessment & Health and Safety

  • how will you stay safe?
    • algae bloom?
    • rabbit holes, injuring ankles
    • chemicals being used
    • if  the trap isn't correctly assembled
    • zoonotic disease
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Legislation

  • Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
  • What legislation is involved in your survey?
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Results

  • Results
  • Conclusions
  • Reflection
  • Sources of Error
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Things to Consider

  • Will what you are looking at give you enough data?
  • Are you able to go to the site more than once?
  • Do you know enough about the species you have chosen?
  • What data are you hoping to collect/how will you collect your data?
  • Will you be able to analyse this data?
  • Can you make it reliable and repeatable?
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What kinds of surveys will you consider?

  • different people will find different surveys easier - some may live near ponds, others may have large garden spaces
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Method

  • Make sure your method is written in a way that could be repeatable in the future. You can take your writing to a higher level by including justification for your methodology. Think back to your specialist projects.
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