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Use this to improve your knowledge on insects - really helpful when conducting FIT counts!

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The link to the iNaturalist project page: https://rb.gy/x54yk

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Use this map to navigate around the Bodington Fields transect and locate the FIT points

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Welcome to the Bodington Fields monitoring guide!

As part of a wider living lab biodiversity monitoring project at the University of Leeds, we want to get a clearer picture of the species living in and around Bodington Fields.

Living lab uses the world around us as a test bed to collect data, study key global issues at a local level and foster sustainability throughout the University of Leeds.

With this information we can then improve our grounds practices to foster biodiversity at Bodington. Every piece of data helps, so we appreciate any sightings you can report!

As a multiple-use facility, visitors need to book in advance to visit the Bodington Fields site.  To do this, visit: https://rb.gy/zlu7r

If you have any questions about the Bodington Fields monitoring, please contact biodiversity@leeds.ac.uk.

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Helpful information on identifying bird species

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Make sure you've joined the Bodington Fields project on iNaturalist with the above link before you look at this guide.

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All you need is a quadrat and a phone!

Firstly, what is a FIT count?
The Flower-Insect Timed Count (FIT Count) is designed to collect new data on numbers of flower-visiting insects, as part of a wider set of surveys under the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS)

How do I do it?

Method:
1. Find the FIT count location (displayed on the Bodington Fields transect map)
2. Find the type of plant corresponding to the FIT site (displayed on Bodington Fields transect map)
3. Place your quadrat over the target flower
4. Set a timer to 15 minutes
5. Stand back and remain as quiet possible during the count to avoid disturbance
6. Only record pollinators if they fly into the quadrat and land on the target flower once the time has begun - try and get pictures if practical. (You can either record pollinators by logging iNaturalist observations as you go or recording them manually and then logging them in iNaturalist after).

IMPORTANT: When you're logging FIT count sightings in iNaturalist, make sure you input the correct FIT site code - see the above iNaturalist guide if you're unsure how to do this.