Identification

Title

2013 Natural England Large Shallow Inlets and Bays within the Wash and North Norfolk SAC

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

Survey name: 2013 Natural England Large Shallow Inlets and Bays within the Wash and North Norfolk SAC This is a collation of surveys to gather data and evidence from a variety of marine environments. The survey purposes vary and include recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) Phase I or II verification surveys, condition assessments, surveys of features of Natura 2000 sites (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area), Intertidal surveys, Benthic grab surveys and others. All surveys are carried out to specified standards and follow established methodologies. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.nbn.org.uk/Datasets/GA001574

protocol: http

name:

description: Natural England Access to Evidence Catalogue

Unique resource identifier

code

57ebd6a8-08d0-46c6-9253-547c27854df6

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

0.31

East bounding longitude

0.48

North bounding latitude

53.08

South bounding latitude

52.96

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-08-12

End position

2013-08-15

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-09-30

date type

publication

effective date

2016-09-30

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Wash and North Norfolk Coast represents one of the Large Shallow Inlets and Bays in UK waters. The Wash is the largest embayment in the UK, and represents Large Shallow Inlets and Bays on the east coast of England. It is connected via sediment transfer systems to the north Norfolk coast. Together, the Wash and North Norfolk Coast form one of the most important marine areas in the UK and European North Sea coast, and include extensive areas of varying, but predominantly sandy sediments subject to a range of conditions. Faunal communities in the intertidal areas include those characterised by large numbers of polychaetes, bivalve molluscs and crustaceans. Sublittoral communities cover a diverse range from the shallow to the deeper parts of the embayments and can include dense brittlestar beds and areas of an abundant reef-building polychaetes Sabellaria spinulosa, also known as Ross Worm. The embayment supports a variety of mobile species, including a range of fish and the common seal Phoca vitulina. features of interest in The Wash and North Norfolk Coast are (i) subtidal boulder and cobble communities, and (ii) Sabellaria spinulosa reefs.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

11

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-12-18

Metadata language