Otter Surveys 1977-2010
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.
dataset
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
6833d40f-d465-11e4-aafe-f0def148f590
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
wildlife population statistics
wildlife
OpenData
publication
2008-06-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales
creation
1997-01-01
notPlanned
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.
Proprietary format | MS Excel (XLS)
Unknown
Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Environment Agency
DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb
description: Defra Data Services Forum
pointOfContact
Environment Agency
metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2020-09-29