Saltmarsh Survey of Scotland

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• Last updated: 21 July 2023
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Summary

From 2010-2012 all known saltmarshes larger than 3ha were surveyed across the Scottish mainland and offshore islands, to compile the first detailed comprehensive national survey of this habitat in Scotland. All saltmarsh and brackish swamp was mapped using the National Vegetation Classification. All mapped areas were digitised to a 1:4,000 scale GIS database. The condition of each saltmarsh site visited was assessed. The primary aims of the Scottish Saltmarsh Survey (SSS) were to obtain information on the morphology, vegetation community structure and species found on saltmarsh sites above 3ha in area or 500m in linear extent.

The survey was a joint project between Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).The saltmarsh survey was tendered in 2009 and awarded to NatureBureau Ltd, who began work on the project in 2010.

Detailed report: https://www.nature.scot/snh-commissioned-report-786-scottish-saltmarsh-survey-national-report

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
NatureScot OpenData Hub	N/A	21 July 2023	Not available
GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)	ZIP	21 July 2023	Not available
GML (EPSG:4258)	ZIP	21 July 2023	Not available
Geopackage (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	21 July 2023	Not available
ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	21 July 2023	Not available
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	21 July 2023	Not available
smss	N/A	21 July 2023	Not available
habitatsandspecies:smss	N/A	21 July 2023	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-07-20T13:32:49
• Access contraints: Available under the Open Government Licence. Acknowledgment: Contains NatureScot information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
• Harvest GUID: 94e8b6f5-f2f4-43b8-8d02-7322b726c654
• Extent: Latitude: 61.081868089289415° to 54.39503064605984°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.94358895159644° to 0.3499173932911266°
• Spatial reference system: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
• Dataset reference date: 2010-06-30 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2016-03-31 (publication)
• Frequency of update: unknown
• Responsible party: NatureScot (pointOfContact); NatureBureau Ltd. (originator)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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