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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (2022). Flower-insect timed count data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 version 2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/13aed7ac-334f-4bb7-b476-4f1c3da45a13
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Flower-insect timed count data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 version 2
The “public” FIT Count asks volunteer citizen scientists to count the number of insects, identified into broad taxon groups, seen landing on the flowers of a particular target plant within a 50 cm × 50 cm quadrat during a period of ten minutes.
The “1 km square” FIT Count uses the same methodology, but is carried out by PoMS volunteers and staff as part of the PoMS 1 km square survey, which takes place within a randomly allocated set of 1 km squares in England, Scotland and Wales, and also gathers data on pan-trapped insects (see separate dataset).
The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme is a partnership between the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Butterfly Conservation, British Trust for Ornithology, Hymettus, Natural History Museum, University of Reading and University of Leeds, working with the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society, wider stakeholders and volunteer networks. PoMS is jointly funded by Defra, the Welsh and Scottish Governments, JNCC and project partners.
Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2017-04-01 to 2020-09-30
Provenance & quality
One km square FIT Counts follow the same methodology for the ten-minute count, but take place in up to 75 1 km squares, during four visits each summer, aiming for one visit in each month from May to August. There will be gaps in the data where a square cannot be visited during a particular year or month.
Data is entered using online forms that promote consistency in data formats. QA checks are carried out on any photos provided of the target flowers, and these are corrected where the original identification is not correct. Participants can optionally add photos to show examples of the insect groups that they have seen and counted, although these photos should not be taken during the count itself (so as to avoid disturbing visiting insects) so cannot be corrected in the same way.
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Correspondence/contact details
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Author
Other contacts
- Rights holders
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Butterfly Conservation, British Trust for Ornithology, Hymettus, Natural History Museum, University of Reading, University of Leeds, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Welsh Government, Scottish Government, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- biota
- INSPIRE theme
- Habitats and Biotopes
- Keywords
- citizen science , insect , monitoring , Pollinators , UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
- Funding
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Welsh Government
Scottish Government
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA, Northern Ireland)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1 - Last updated
- 27 February 2024 16:13
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
CITE AS: UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (2022). Flower-insect timed count data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 version 2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/13aed7ac-334f-4bb7-b476-4f1c3da45a13
The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) is funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra, England), Welsh Government, Scottish Government, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA, Northern Ireland), Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), and through a research partnership agreement between Defra, Natural England and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) number ECM_54322, which builds upon work supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. PoMS is indebted to the many volunteers who carry out surveys and contribute data to the scheme.