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Botham, M.; Roy, D.; Brereton, T.; Middlebrook, I.; Randle, Z.

United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2011

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https://doi.org/10.5285/8fd064cc-fdd1-4dc1-ad89-d8497e1bcabe
This dataset provides the details of all sites which have been monitored as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Data includes the location within the UK, the length and width of the line transect on each site, and how long the transect has been monitored. The UKBMS started in 1976 with fewer than 50 sites. The number of sites monitored each year has increased to over a thousand since 2008. There is turnover in sites monitored each year and details of the first and last year in which each site was surveyed are given. The majority of site data is provided by recorders at the time a transect is created. The majority of these recorders are volunteers. The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and Butterfly Conservation (BC) collate the data and the UKBMS is funded by a consortium of organisations led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
Publication date: 2013-02-15
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1976-04-01    to    2011-09-01

Provenance & quality

Site location data provide details about the linear transect at each UKBMS site. Data on the location and length and width of each transect are provided by the recorder for each site. Data on how long each transect has been monitored is calculated as the time period between when a transect was first and last monitored.

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Cite this dataset as:
Botham, M.; Roy, D.; Brereton, T.; Middlebrook, I.; Randle, Z. (2013). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2011. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8fd064cc-fdd1-4dc1-ad89-d8497e1bcabe

Related

This dataset is included in the following collections

United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) 1976-2011 data

Supplemental information

This is a web page which provides data for each butterfly species at each monitored site. It also provides links to reports, UKBMS related publications and to UKBMS statistics in addition to maps of sites.

Correspondence/contact details

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Butterfly Conservation
 info@butterfly-conservation.org

Authors

Botham, M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Roy, D.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Brereton, T.
Butterfly Conservation
Middlebrook, I.
Butterfly Conservation
Randle, Z.
Butterfly Conservation

Other contacts

Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Resource provider
UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
 ukbms@ceh.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Biodiversity , butterfly , England , lepidopteran , Northern Ireland , Scotland , United Kingdom , Wales
Last updated
21 March 2025 09:34