Identification

Title

Species Surveys - Rare and Protected Species

Abstract

This is for Approval for Access product AfA225. Rare and Protected species of interest to the Environment Agency surveyed and collected during our monitoring activities including location and date of survey. Primarily these are aquatic and riparian species (marine and freshwater), including invertebrates, plants, algae and fish. The data includes ad-hoc records from surveys at local offices. Data is from 1970 onwards. This dataset does not include records of Freshwater Pearl Mussel, but otherwise includes all Rare and Protected species surveyed by the Environment Agency. The full Environment Agency species data holding comprises Non-native species, Rare and Protected Species and Native Species [“other” species]. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://registry.nbnatlas.org/public/show/dr815

protocol: http

name: RARE_AND_PROTECTED_SPECIES_NBN

description: Rare and Protected Species - National Biodiversity Network

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

70375f61-d465-11e4-85b1-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

biota

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

species

rare species

monitoring data

OpenData

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-07-20

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

1970-01-01T00:00:00

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2012-07-01

Frequency of update

biannually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Rare and Protected Species are surveyed and collected through the Environment Agency's monitoring activities and from 1970 onwards. Data are extracted from National Fish Population Database (NFPD)

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

2020-09-17

Metadata language