Flower-insect timed count data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020

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[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains information on the location of the count, some environmental variables, and the number of insects of each type counted for the Flower-Insect Timed (FIT) Count survey as part of the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS). It covers the years 2017 to 2020 (note that 2017 was a pilot year and has less data than subsequent years). 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. 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/61b7df6e-4e27-460a-84a5-c100f0dc919f

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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 the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). UKCEH’s contribution is funded 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.
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61b7df6e-4e27-460a-84a5-c100f0dc919f
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Latitude: 60.861° to 49.864°
Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
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2022-08-19 (publication)
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author, owner, pointOfContact); Bumblebee Conservation Trust (owner); Butterfly Conservation (owner); British Trust for Ornithology (owner); Hymettus (owner); Natural History Museum (owner); University of Reading (owner); University of Leeds (owner); Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (owner); Welsh Government (owner); Scottish Government (owner); Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (owner); Joint Nature Conservation Committee (owner); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian, publisher)
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