Identification

Title

Countryside Survey 1978 estimates of Broad Habitat areas in Great Britain

Abstract

Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The Survey has been carried out at regular intervals since 1978. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. This dataset consists of stock data for habitats across Great Britain in 1978. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from 256 1km squares and scaling up to a national level. The data are summarized as habitat area per Land Class. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. In addition to habitat areas, species plot, soil plot, linear habitat, freshwater habitat and satellite map data are also produced by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c8feabac-7c3f-4c35-91f7-296782b957d1

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c8feabac-7c3f-4c35-91f7-296782b957d1

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c8feabac-7c3f-4c35-91f7-296782b957d1.zip

name: Supporting documents

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

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c8feabac-7c3f-4c35-91f7-296782b957d1

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and Biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

CEH Biodiversity Programme

CEH Project NEC03689

Great Britain

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9

East bounding longitude

3.34

North bounding latitude

61.38

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1977-05-01

End position

1979-02-28

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-04-18

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summers of 1977 and 1978 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) Broad Habitats were digitized in 2009. The digitized data were used to generate national estimates of the stock of Broad Habitats for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology (refer to the online documentation). Estimates are presented by ITE Land Class (1990 version). Also see: Countryside Survey: Measuring Habitat Change Over 30 Years. 1978 Data Rescue - Final Report (2012) Wood C.M., Howard D.C., Henrys P.A., Bunce R.G.H., Smart S.M.

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

custodian

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

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:39:57

Metadata language

eng