Snakeshead Fritillary Survey

After responding to a letter in the "The Garden" April edition. I received this link to a survey organised by the Floodplains-Meadow-Project at the OU Populations of snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) in gardens
This may be of interest to people who have populations of these in their garden.
Essentially they are looking to see if their is a difference in habitat between the wild population and the garden population.

 

I filled in the survey. I couldn't submit my answers without disclosing my name and email address. I wasn't prepared to do that so I left it. It's either a serious scientific survey or a marketing ploy. It shouldn't be both.

G.

 

@Jack Sparrow To the best of my knowledge it is a serious science project requiring information from the gardening community. They do ask at the end of the survey if you would like to be updated with the projects progress or want them to send their newsletter to you. Both of these are opt in tick boxes.
For those interested here is more info on the Fritillary project Snakeshead fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) | Welcome to the Floodplain Meadows Partnership Website
and about the partnerships work in general Welcome to the Floodplain Meadows Partnership Website |

 

Agree, if you only want data and demographics, ask for those and give an option to leave personal details in the end.

Also, it's important to be transparent on how the data you submit is used, even if you are just asked for "general" information such as your location, age, gender etc... if a combination of data can be used to identify an individual, it should be told, or the data masked.

"45-50 years old female/male/ prefer not to answer, from postcode xx with 1-10 or less dwellings within 30 miles radius, who uses dishwasher tablets 1-3 times a week and has 0-3 dependents and/or a secret lover who lives in a shed (less or equal to 3x3 ft- please specify)"

 

I dont think anybody will be getting too excited about my clump. To be fair though, the main clumps are doing fairly well in the back garden. These in the front verge are just odd left over bulbs I scattered about.

G.

 

No, unfortunately I don't have a shed.

 

Interesting.
I planted half a dozen in the rockery three years ago and four of them survived, popping up every spring: one of them has a double head and looks very exotic next to the cowslips and primrose.
One also pops up through a cloud of rockcress further up the garden in an old breezeblock that i use to hold back some soil next to a stoney path. They make an excellent snack for early bees and now i'm asking myself why i haven't planted more.
Maybe later i'll take the survey.