Bryological assessment for hydroelectric schemes in the West Highlands

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 21 July 2023
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Summary

This dataset provides assessment of over 5600 watercourse along the west coast of Scotland for their nationally/internationally important water-loving oceanic bryophyte (moss and liverwort) communities. The approach is applied in line with Scottish Natural Heritage’s 'Planning for Development - Service Statement'. The aim of the database is therefore to help users take account of Europe's most important watercourses for these species before selecting sites for potential hydro development. Individual watercourses, or sites that contain multiple watercourses, have been assessed for either their known (categories A-C) or potential (categories D-E) importance.

The category descriptions provide clear guidance as to whether a watercourse is known to hold bryophytes or likely to be of low bryological importance, and whether further survey is recommended. This assessment only considers the impact of water abstraction on water-loving oceanic bryophytes and additional consideration should be given to direct impacts of construction on important bryophyte habitats (e.g. springs/flushes, ancient woodland, deadwood, bogs).

The full methodology is described in SNH Commissioned Report 449b: Bryological assessment for hydroelectric schemes in the West Highlands (2nd edition) - https://www.nature.scot/doc/naturescot-commissioned-report-449b-bryological-assessment-hydroelectric-schemes-west-highlands-2nd.

For more information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/planning-and-development/planning-and-development-advice/renewable-energy/hydroelectric-power/hydroelectric-development-planning

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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
Geopackage (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	21 July 2023	Not available
GML (EPSG:4258)	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
habitatsandspecies:bryoriv	N/A	21 July 2023	Not available
bryoriv	N/A	21 July 2023	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-07-20T13:59:27
• Access contraints: When these data are used in publications and lectures, the British Bryological Society (BBS) and Biological Records Centre (BRC) should be acknowledged. When the data are used by ecological consultants, statutory agencies or record centres other than BRC, then BBS and BRC should be acknowledged. If ecological consultants or record centres other than BRC supply the data to third parties, the source of the data should be made clear, along with an acknowledgement to BBS and BRC.
• Harvest GUID: b196c08f-4489-4755-bbbd-8d67160d46cc
• Extent: Latitude: 60.87° to 54.63°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.80° to -0.71°
• Dataset reference date: 2011-02-08 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2015-01-26 (revision)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: NatureScot (pointOfContact)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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