Identification

Title

Habitat records associated with unstructured species records from the iRecord online survey recording tool, UK, 1812-2024

Abstract

This dataset provides habitat data from unstructured biological records made through iRecord. This dataset includes records between 1812 and 2024, however the majority of the data is from recent years. Records are from England, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and are at 1 km square resolution or more precise. The habitat data was entered by volunteers alongside traditional records of individual taxa, with the taxonomic data being the focus of the record. This dataset includes the year of the recording event (or a year range), the grid reference of the record, whether the taxa associated with the record have been verified as correct, and the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat category recorded. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/464dee85-d724-45ed-b9dd-2e7a6f65c7dd

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/464dee85-d724-45ed-b9dd-2e7a6f65c7dd

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/464dee85-d724-45ed-b9dd-2e7a6f65c7dd.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/464dee85-d724-45ed-b9dd-2e7a6f65c7dd

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Species Distribution

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

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

1812-01-01

End position

2024-01-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-09-12

date type

creation

effective date

2024-09-12

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data was entered into iRecord by recorders (most of whom are volunteers), with this dataset only including data from survey forms that support a drop-down menu of EUNIS habitat categories. Examples of these forms include https://irecord.org.uk/enter-casual-record and https://irecord.org.uk/enter-record-list . Verifiers for taxon recording schemes verified the records, focusing on the identification of the species and spatial accuracy. The verification decisions on occurrences within each sample are listed within the dataset. The habitats associated with the records have not been subject to any verification checks and are known to contain some errors (such as coastal habitats being linked to inland species records).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Hutchinson, R., Harvey, M.C., Roy, D.B. (2024). Habitat records associated with unstructured species records from the iRecord online survey recording tool, UK, 1812-2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/464dee85-d724-45ed-b9dd-2e7a6f65c7dd

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7901-3052

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