Identification

Title

United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2012

Abstract

This dataset provides the details of all sites which have been monitored as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Data includes the location within the UK, the length and width of the line transect on each site, and how long the transect has been monitored. The UKBMS started in 1976 with fewer than 50 sites. The number of sites monitored each year has increased to over a thousand since 2008. There is turnover in sites monitored each year and details of the first and last year in which each site was surveyed are given. The majority of site data is provided by recorders at the time a transect is created. The majority of these recorders are volunteers. The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and Butterfly Conservation (BC) collate the data and the UKBMS is funded by a consortium of organisations led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/metadata/b00c37c7-43ca-495e-aa79-e691d46c9ffa/zip_export

name: Documents

description: Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

1368012615424

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Keyword set

keyword value

annual

Keyword set

keyword value

Lepidoptera

butterflies

Keyword set

keyword value

Monitoring & Observing Systems

Keyword set

keyword value

Biodiversity

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1976-04-01

End position

2012-09-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-05-01

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Site location data provide details about the linear transect at each UKBMS site. Data on the location and length and width of each transect are provided by the recorder for each site. Data on how long each transect has been monitored is calculated as the time period between when a transect was first and last monitored. This dataset has been superseded by a more recent version 'United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2013'.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Botham, M., Roy, D., Brereton, T., Middlebrook, I., Randle, Z. (2013). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2012. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b00c37c7-43ca-495e-aa79-e691d46c9ffa

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

superseded

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-10-18T08:56:35

Metadata language

eng