Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020
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This survey uses pan-traps positioned on transects within a randomly allocated set of 1 km squares in England, Scotland and Wales. The sample data contains information on the location of the traps, various environmental variables, and the total number of insect specimens collected. The occurrence data for insects contains records of all hoverflies and bees from the traps, identified (wherever possible) to species level. The occurrence data for flowers contains records of all forbs that are in flower within 2 metres of each pan-tap station. (In addition, Flower-Insect Timed Counts are carried out in the same 1 km squares, see separate dataset for these data.)
The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme is a partnership between the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Butterfly Conservation, British Trust for Ornithology, Hymettus, Natural History Museum, University of Reading and University of Leeds, working with the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society, wider stakeholders and volunteer networks. PoMS in 2017-2020 has been jointly funded by Defra, the Welsh and Scottish Governments, JNCC and project partners.
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The insects trapped are returned to the PoMS laboratory, where all insects are sorted into main taxonomic groupings and counted, and all bees and hoverflies are passed to taxonomic experts for identification to species level where possible. Data is entered using online forms that promote consistency in data formats. QA checks are carried out on any photos provided that show plants in flower in the vicinity of the pan-traps; bee and hoverfly identifications are cross-checked by multiple taxonomists for all rare and apparently out-of-range occurrences, plus a random sample of other occurrences.
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THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED The latest version is Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 version 2
For the data file "ukpoms_1kmPanTrapData_2017-2020_samples.csv" one of the columns calculated by summing other columns is incorrect
If you need access to the archived version, please contact the EIDC
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) is funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra, England), Welsh Government, Scottish Government, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA, Northern Ireland), Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). UKCEH’s contribution is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. PoMS is indebted to the many volunteers who carry out surveys and contribute data to the scheme.
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Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
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Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Welsh Government
Scottish Government
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA, Northern Ireland)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)