Identification

Title

HabMoS - Mountain Woodland - Restoration Projects

Abstract

Polygon dataset providing boundaries of mountain woodland restoration sites. NatureScot has commissioned a new dataset of mountain woodland locations across Scotland; to be used to inform landscape scale restoration, 30x30 goals, Nature Networks, UK and European Reporting and Area based casework, and training data for habitat mapping. A total of 128 mountain woodland restoration sites have been compiled across Scotland, covering a total gross area of 10,844 ha. There are a total of 57 sites which contain a component targeting Annex 1 Habitat H4080, 4 sites which contain a component targeting H5130, and 8 sites which target both. Contributing organisations have participated in a purely voluntary capacity and the dataset will therefore not be an absolute list of all restoration work across Scotland. It is recommended that this new dataset is updated every three to five years. This dataset contains the following fields: UID: Unique Identifier ORG: Who was/is responsible for the restoration project LOCATION: Name of the geographical area SITE_NAME: Unique name for the restoration site STATUS: Current/Proposed/Unknown i.e. an older site which may not have been recently assessed AREA: Area of the polygon (in ha), or total area combined if the site is composed of multiple polygons FENCED: Yes/No POLY_FENCE: Does the polygon show the location of a fenceline? - Yes - No (within a larger fenced area): the fenced area is larger than the given polygon - No (within a larger proposed fenced area): the proposed fenced area is larger than the given polygon - No (smaller fenced areas are within this larger polygon): the polygon given is the larger restoration project area which contains several smaller unmapped fenced sites - N/A: Area is not fenced FENCE_NOTE: Further details on fencing, such as the date installed and the type of fencing MANAGEMENT: Fencing/planting/regeneration/low intervention TARGET_HAB: General description of the intended habitat as an outcome of restoration management at the site EUNIS_2017: Intended habitat type classed using the EUNIS habitat classification given by Strachan (2017) EUNIS_2021: Intended habitat type classed using the EUNIS habitat classification revised in 2021 NVC: Intended habitat type classed using NVC codes given by Averis et al. (2004) UK_BAP: Intended habitat type classed using UK Biodiversity Action Plant habitats ANNEX1: Intended habitat type classed using EU Habitats Directive Annex 1 definitions (if applicable) DATE_PLANT: Date or date range when tree planting took place (if applicable) TARGET_SP: Tree or shrub species featuring in the restoration project, either by planting and/or as the focus of natural regeneration INFO_PLANT: Details on the numbers of trees planted per species (if known). SPECIALIST_SP: List of specialist montane scrub species included in the project (if applicable) PRO_MS_SP: The provenance of planted arctic-alpine willows (if applicable) NOTES_MAN: Any other key management details of the restoration project not already given in previous columns

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/habitatsandspecies/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=wfs

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https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/habitatsandspecies/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: habmosmw2023rp

description: habmosmw2023rp

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/HABMOS-MW2023-RS_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/HABMOS-MW2023-RS_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/HABMOS-MW2023-RS_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

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name: Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/HABMOS-MW2023-RS_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GML (EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/HABMOS-MW2023-RS_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://opendata.nature.scot/maps/habmos-mountain-woodland-2023-restoration-sites

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

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

HABMOS-MW2023-WRR

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

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

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.348652

East bounding longitude

-1.3927

North bounding latitude

60.587746

South bounding latitude

54.940575

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2023-03-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Criteria for including records: 1. Locations in Scotland where conservation action has taken place specifically for the purpose of mountain woodland restoration, and/or montane scrub restoration, including: - Current/ongoing restoration projects - Proposed restoration projects that are imminently due to start and in the final stages of planning - Older restoration projects that can be accurately mapped 2. Projects at ≥ 400m altitude; except Annex 1 habitats H4080 and H5130 which are mapped at any altitude. 3. Projects with a major component ≥ 400m can include areas that fall below the 400m contour. 4. Relevant conservation action for mountain woodland restoration: - Tree planting of native species that form a component of mountain woodland habitats - Management to improve habitat condition e.g. use of fencing or reducing overgrazing pressure by controlling larger herbivores - Management to facilitate natural regeneration Organisations who contributed data: - National Trust for Scotland - Forestry and Land Scotland - Corrour Estate - RSPB - Borders Forest Trust - Invercauld Estate - NatureScot - Woodland Trust - Woolly Willow Steering Group (Archive) - SSE - Eadha Enterprises - Tillhill - Trees for Life - Balmoral Estate - Cashel Forest Trust - SRUC - Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust - John Muir Trust Workflow: 1. Literature review of Mountain Woodland Action Group (MWAG) bulletins and discussion with MWAG members to compile a list of potential projects to include in the mapping 2. Contact relevant organisations to request data and related information for restoration projects that meet the criteria listed above 3. Collate and edit the shapefiles in QGIS using 1:50,000 OS backdrop mapping obtained from Digimap 4. If organisations do not have GIS data, then new polygons are created using annotated maps 5. Create associated attribute table in Microsoft Excel; assign habitat codes based on expert knowledge and the information provided by contributing organisations 6. Join attribute table to shapefile

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

true

explanation

This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

No use limitations. Available under the Open Government Licence (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/)

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Must use the following attribution statement: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Must use the following attribution statement: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

contact position

Habitats Specialist

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

Susan.Watt@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NatureScot

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-10-16T11:53:49

Metadata language

eng