Identification

Title

Otter Surveys 1977-2010

Abstract

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA224. Four national otter surveys have been completed for England in 1977-79, 1984-86, 1991-94 and 2000-02. The fifth national otter survey of England completed in 2009-10 is the first to attempt full coverage of the country. Two field survey techniques are used – full surveys for sites investigated in previous national surveys and spot-checks for all the alternate 50km squares not covered in previous surveys. Droppings (spraints) and footprints are the positive signs. Spot checks are made for up to 10 locations within the survey square. The presence of mink is also recorded but this is only included as part of the more detailed otter survey. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/b1767c95d3e5413d8d4ea6b89916516e

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Data_download_link

description: Data download link

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

6833d40f-d465-11e4-aafe-f0def148f590

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

wildlife population statistics

wildlife

OpenData

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1997-01-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Survey data collected by contractors over five different survey periods by surveying the otter spraints. Sightings of Mink are also recorded. The data is held in a stand alone Access database but published as Excel spreadsheets.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Proprietary format | MS Excel (XLS)

version of format

Unknown

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-09-29

Metadata language