Identification

Title

Scotland Otter Survey Database

Abstract

As part of a scheme to monitor the distribution of otters throughout the UK, three Scotland otter survey have been carried out covering the years 1977-79, 1984-85 and 1991-94, funded by the Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT). These surveys were conducted at the 10km square level. Coverage was most extensive in 1977-79 and 1991-94, nearly every 10km square in Scotland was visited. Within each 10km square, sites visited were selected by accessibility and likelihood of finding signs of otter activity—typically road bridges and the confluences of watercourses. The number of sites visited per square varied, averaged about 5. No attempt was made to randomise the sampling effort. The number of spraints was recorded. Mink are not recorded in this database. There are also Otter Survey databases for England, Wales and Northern Ireland following the same protocol at differing resolutions.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://registry.nbnatlas.org/public/show/dr495

name: dr495

Unique resource identifier

code

c6136564-1737-42fb-9f83-27b0e3f08d6d

codeSpace

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

Freshwater

Terrestrial

UK Biodiversity

NBN

Otter

Scotland

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.8

East bounding longitude

-0.6

North bounding latitude

60.9

South bounding latitude

54.6

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1977

End position

1994

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2004-12-02

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Three surveys at 10km square level following a standard protocol. This protocol was to search up to 600m of one bank of a waterbody from a starting point (grid referenced), either all in one direction or split between two directions. Searching stopped as soon as signs of activity were noted.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma Separated Values

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language