Birdwatching in Britain

I'm a student of Chinese Studies at Cambridge University. I'm currently researching the rising popularity of birdwatching in China, particularly regarding its potential to positively influence environmental protection. In order to draw meaningful analysis from my research in China, I hope to gather equivalent data from birdwatchers in the UK as a basis of comparison. I'd be hugely grateful to any British birdwatchers who could spare a few minutes to fill in the survey. All answers are anonymous and data collected will not be used for any other purposes. Thank you very much for your help!

1. Age:

2. Gender:

3. Country of residence:

4. Occupation:

5. Highest qualification attained:

6. If you went to university, what subject did you study?

7. Is your job or study related to environmental work or biology? If so, please specify how it is related.

8. Are you a member of any birdwatching/nature/environmental societies? If so, please specify.

9. How long have you been birdwatching?

10. On average, how often do you go birdwatching?

11. How were you initially introduced to birdwatching?

12. What are your main reasons for going birdwatching? Please rank the following from 1 to 10 in order of importance, 1 being the most important. Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

To relax
To get out into the countryside
To learn about birds and nature
For exercise
To make friends
To see as many species of bird as possible
To appreciate birds
For research or surveying
Photography
To introduce the younger generation to nature

13. Have you ever participated in environmental activities (eg. petitions, demonstrations, circulating information, feeding birds, putting up birdboxes, surveying birds etc)? If so, please provide brief details.

14. Have you ever donated money to an environmental charity?

15. If you answered yes to the above, which charities have you donated to?

16. Are you currently satisfied with the government's/local authorities' treatment of environmental issues and protection of threatened species? If not, please specify your areas of concern.

17. Which of the following are you particularly concerned about?

18. Have you noticed a change in people's attitude towards the environment in the past ten or twenty years? If so, how have attitudes changed?

19. If you would like to make any comments regarding birdwatching or environmental protection, please write them below.

20. If you'd be willing to help further with the study, such as further questionnaires and brief interviews, please write your email address below.

Birdwatching in Britain

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