By submitting wildlife observations to this platform, you agree to take part in a research project led by Cardiff University investigating wildlife–road interactions.

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What participation involves

• You may submit records of wildlife observed on or near roads (including roadkill or live sightings).

• Submissions may include location, date, species information, and optional images.

• Your contributions will be combined with other datasets and used for scientific research, publications, and policy-relevant outputs.

 

How your data will be used

• Data will be used to understand patterns of wildlife mortality, distribution, and human–wildlife interactions.

• Findings may be published in scientific journals, reports, and public-facing materials.

• Data may be shared with collaborators and made available in aggregated or anonymised form for research and conservation purposes.

 

Privacy and data protection

• We will handle all data in accordance with GDPR and institutional data protection policies.

• Personal identifiers (e.g. names, email addresses) will not be shared publicly and will be stored securely.

• Location data may be generalised (e.g. reduced spatial precision) to protect privacy and sensitive species.

• We will not identify individual contributors in publications without explicit permission.

 

Voluntary participation

• Your participation is entirely voluntary.

• You may choose what information to provide and may stop contributing at any time.

• If you wish to withdraw your data, please contact the research team (details below), and we will remove your identifiable contributions where possible.

 

Safety

• You should only submit observations when it is safe to do so.

• Do not put yourself at risk to record wildlife or roadkill (e.g. stopping on any roads or entering unsafe areas).

• The project does not require or encourage any unsafe behaviour.

 

Acknowledgement and credit

• We greatly value all contributions. Collective contributions will be acknowledged in outputs (e.g. as “citizen scientists” in paper acknowledgments).

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Contact and further information

If you have any questions about the project or your data, please contact: theroadlabuk@gmail.com

 

Consent

By submitting data to this platform, you confirm that:

• You have read and understood this information

• You are participating voluntarily

• You consent to your data being used as described above