Licence and Use

A Note On Sharing

Field Notes Journal is a record of observations-of place, of season, and of time.

The material published here is intended to be used, referenced, and built upon. If it proves useful elsewhere, that is part of its purpose.

Licence

Unless otherwise stated, all original material on this site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This includes:

• Written content
• Images and plates
• Datasets and derived outputs
• Figures, charts, and visualisations

Some third-party material may be subject to different terms and is identified where it appears.

What This Means

You are free to:

• Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material
• Use commercially - including in published or paid work

These permissions are granted provided the conditions below are met.

Conditions of use

When reusing material from this site, please:

1. Provide attribution
2. Include the licence
3. Indicate changes

Credit should include:

• Author: David Walker
• Source: Field Notes Journal
• A link to the original page (where possible)

The licence details are:

CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

If you modify the material (for example, cropping an image, editing text, or transforming data), please indicate that changes were made.

A brief note is sufficient.

Suggested attribution formats

These are provided to make reuse straightforward.

General content

Walker, David. Field Notes Journal. CC BY 4.0.

Image

Photo: David Walker, Field Notes Journal, CC BY 4.0

Example for a modified image:

Photo: David Walker, Field Notes Journal, CC BY 4.0. Cropped and adjusted.

Dataset

A full citation is provided alongside each dataset. For example:

Walker, David. [Dataset Title]. Field Notes Journal. ID [reference]. Version [YYYY.MM.DD]. [URL]

Notes on datasets

Datasets published on this site are versioned and identified by a reference ID.

If you reuse or redistribute a dataset:

• Please retain the dataset ID and version where possible
• If you modify the dataset, consider noting this clearly
• Linking back to the source version helps maintain traceability

Exceptions and third-party material

Some material on this site is not original to Field Notes Journal and may be:

• Used under licence from third parties
• In the public domain
• Subject to separate Creative Commons licences

These are identified in captions or accompanying text and should be treated according to their stated terms.

A Final Note

Attribution matters - not only as a condition of the licence, but as part of the record.

If you use material from this site, a clear reference helps maintain the chain between observation and reuse.

Contact

If you would like to discuss use beyond the scope of the licence, or simply to share how material has been used, you are welcome to get in touch - contact links are provided in the page footer.