Current participant questionnaires
Coding of the questionnaire responses revealed seven main
themes
for
motivations
for
participating
in
the
scheme
in
the
first
place
(Table
5).
For
both
recording
schemes
(Leeds
Garden
Pond
Survey
(LGPS)
and
BTO
Garden
BirdWatch
(GBW)),
the
most
popu-
lar
reason
was
that
of
a
personal
interest
in
wildlife
(LGPS
38%,
GBW
53%), followed by the provision of data in order to help conserva-
tion
in
some
way
(LGPS
23%,
GBW
18%),
for
example
‘collection
of
data for greater understanding of bird life influences in UK leading