13.30 Friday 24th April 2015 (This blogpost has been in the draft file – Raul’s post reminded me…) Since my last blogpost, I was struck down with a virus. A nasty one that has left me with hearing loss in my right ear. I started the break for Easter with a few days holiday in Ireland.…
At last a blog post to let you know about a quick 10 minute survey I have created with Alison Dyke (York) and Glyn Everett (UWE) on motivations around citizen science. Citizen science is now an established means of collecting, analysing and responding to data about the natural environment. However, in order to fulfil its…
Just returning from a day talking citizen science with the Woodland Trust (Grantham). Two interviews down. 7 more in the planning. The question is – do amateur naturalists involved in monitoring regard themselves to be citizen scientists? I have a feeling participants would be observing anyway, regardless of the current trend for citizen contributions to…
The Culture of Enthusiasm 