Table 2. Comparisons of the number of respondents (N = 5986) who (a) fed birds frequently, (b) had a bird box or (c) pond in their garden, relative to the estimates reported for the UK population by Davies et al. [25].
Grouping | Garden wildlife factor | Observed | Expected | X21 | p | SIG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Fed birds | 307 (0.61) | 258.06 (0.51) | 9.28 | 0.002 | * |
(N = 506) | ||||||
Bird box | 286 (0.57) | 106.26 (0.21) | 304.03 | < 0.001 | * | |
Pond | 145 (0.29) | 80.96 (0.16) | 50.66 | < 0.001 | * | |
2019 | Fed birds | 224 (0.56) | 205.02 (0.51) | 1.76 | 0.185 | |
(N = 402) | Bird box | 170 (0.42) | 84.42 (0.21) | 86.76 | < 0.001 | * |
Pond | 93 (0.23) | 64.32 (0.16) | 12.79 | < 0.001 | * | |
2020 | Fed birds | 4336 (0.85) | 2589.78 (0.51) | 1177.43 | < 0.001 | * |
(N = 5078) | Bird box | 3611 (0.71) | 1066.38 (0.21) | 6072.03 | < 0.001 | * |
Pond | 2151 (0.42) | 812.48 (0.16) | 2151.75 | < 0.001 | * | |
Made highway | Fed birds | 2328 (0.89) | 1338.24 (0.51) | 732.02 | < 0.001 | * |
(N = 2624) | Bird box | 2009 (0.76) | 551.04 (0.21) | 3857.52 | < 0.001 | * |
Pond | 1212 (0.46) | 420 (0.16) | 1493.49 | < 0.001 | * | |
Not made highway | Fed birds | 2539 (0.76) | 1714.62 (0.51) | 396.36 | < 0.001 | * |
Bird box | 2058 (0.61) | 706.02 (0.21) | 2588.95 | < 0.001 | * | |
(N = 3362) | ||||||
Pond | 1177 (0.35) | 537.92 (0.16) | 759.26 | < 0.001 | * | |
Heard of HS | Fed birds | 4638 (0.84) | 2812.65 (0.51) | 1184.61 | < 0.001 | * |
(N = 5515) | Bird box | 3958 (0.72) | 1158.15 (0.21) | 6768.69 | < 0.001 | * |
Pond | 2299 (0.42) | 882.4 (0.16) | 2274.20 | < 0.001 | * | |
Not heard of HS | Fed birds | 229 (0.49) | 240.21 (0.51) | 0.52 | 0.470 | |
(N = 471) | Bird box | 193 (0.41) | 98.91 (0.21) | 89.50 | < 0.001 | * |
Pond | 90 (0.19) | 75.36 (0.16) | 2.84 | 0.092 |
Chi-squared test results are provided for all survey years (2018, 2019, 2020), for those respondents who had or had not made a hedgehog highway at the time of surveying, and those who had or had not heard of the Hedgehog Street campaign. Figures in parentheses in the observed and expected columns are the proportion of respondents.
* indicates difference is significant (p < 0.05) after applying Bonferroni correction (0.05 / 21 = 0.002) for multiple testing.