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MNCR Area Summaries - Shetland

Shetland (MNCR Sector 1) has been studied as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review programme. The studies included field surveys of the shores and nearshore subtidal zone to describe the...

Log data from West Shetland Shelf

Log data for Quarter 4 International Bottom Trawl Survey to the north and west of Scotland (shelf and slope) aboard the FRV Scotia. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) site...

Seabed videos from West Shetland Shelf

Seabed videos for Quarter 4 International Bottom Trawl Survey to the north and west of Scotland (shelf and slope) aboard the FRV Scotia. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) site...

MNCR Area Summaries - Lagoons in Shetland and Orkney

In 1993, the MNCR initiated a survey of lagoons in Scotland. Eighteen lagoons in MNCR Sector 1, the Shetland Islands, were surveyed in August 1993 and sixteen lagoons were surveyed in July 1994 in...

Pobie Bank Reef (East of Shetland) Biotope Map

Predicted distribution of biotopes using data from SEA surveys from 2003 & 2006 together with BGS data. Additional information source: Foster-Smith, R, Benson, A and Foster-Smith, J. 2009....

Busta Voe and Olna Firth, Shetland: lifeforms map

An acoustic survey of Busta Voe was carried out with video and grab samples. This was analysed to create lifeform maps using GIS. Additional information source: Entec (1996) Broad scale habitat...

Seabed still images from West Shetland Shelf

Seabed still images for Quarter 4 International Bottom Trawl Survey to the north and west of Scotland (shelf and slope) aboard the FRV Scotia. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) site...

GIS grab log data from West Shetland Shelf

GIS Log data for Quarter 4 International Bottom Trawl Survey to the north and west of Scotland (shelf and slope) aboard the FRV Scotia. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) site...

Seabed grab still images from West Shetland Shelf

Seabed grab still images for Quarter 4 International Bottom Trawl Survey to the north and west of Scotland (shelf and slope) aboard the FRV Scotia. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA)...

Species point records from 1993 MNCR Shetland lagoons survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...

Species point records from 1974 ITE Shetland sublittoral survey

Sublittoral Biota - Part 6.4: Part 6 is a descriptive report of the work undertaken using diving transects at OS grid intercepts of the coast. The work is more clearly described in Earll, 1982....

Habitat point records from 1993 MNCR Shetland lagoons survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...

Habitat point records from 1974 ITE Shetland sublittoral survey

Sublittoral Biota - Part 6.4: Part 6 is a descriptive report of the work undertaken using diving transects at OS grid intercepts of the coast. The work is more clearly described in Earll, 1982....

Core Paths - Shetland Islands

Core Paths Plans were introduced by Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The purpose of the Plan is to designate a system of paths to provide the basic framework of routes (which are)...

Land Classification of Shetland 1974

The Land Classification of Shetland is a classification of the Shetland Isles into a set of 16 environmental strata, termed land classes, to be used as a basis for ecological survey, originally...

Species point records from 1962-63 DAFS Shetland sublittoral survey

Grab samples were collected at 22 stations in 14 areas in 1962 and in St. Magnus Bay in 1963. Samples were sieved over a 1mm mesh. Lists were made of the species and the number in each sample. 1962...

Habitat point records from 1962-63 DAFS Shetland sublittoral survey

Grab samples were collected at 22 stations in 14 areas in 1962 and in St. Magnus Bay in 1963. Samples were sieved over a 1mm mesh. Lists were made of the species and the number in each sample. 1962...

Species point records from 1988 MNCR Shetland littoral and sublittoral survey

This survey was carried out to fill gaps in the survey coverage of the earlier OPRU/MNCR surveys of Shetland, Foula and Fair Isle (Hiscock 1986; Howson 1987). 6 littoral sites, 31 sublittoral dive...

Species point records from 1974 ITE Shetland littoral rock survey

Coastal Habitats - Physical Characteristics - Part 6.1: A set of non-selective regular sampling points on the coast of Shetland were investigated and this report gives a method to generalise from...

Habitat point records from 1988 MNCR Shetland littoral and sublittoral survey

This survey was carried out to fill gaps in the survey coverage of the earlier OPRU/MNCR surveys of Shetland, Foula and Fair Isle (Hiscock 1986; Howson 1987). 6 littoral sites, 31 sublittoral dive...