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Crawley, D. et al

Occurrence data at 10km resolution for terrestrial mammals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1960-1992 and 2000-2016

https://doi.org/10.5285/422adbc3-306e-437a-9fe1-c7b53a374f87 Cite this dataset
This dataset contains 10km summarised occurrence data for terrestrial mammals as mapped in the Atlas of Mammal of Great Britain and Northern Ireland published by the Mammal Society in 2020. For each species 10km grid squares were categorised based on whether the species was recorded in that square only the current atlas time period (2000-2016), only the previous atlas time period (1960-1992) or in both time periods. The dataset contains data for all species mapped in the atlas, with the exception of cetaceans which are not included in the dataset.
Publication date: 2023-01-13

Formats

Comma-separated values (CSV)
Geopackage

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation types
Tabular (text)
Vector
Spatial reference systems
WGS 84
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
OSI Irish National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1960-01-01    to    1992-12-31
2000-01-01    to    2016-12-31

Provenance & quality

This dataset is a summarised product of the production of the Mammal Atlas and represents the 10km resolution data plotted in the species maps in the atlas.

The underlying data used in the production of the atlas to determine the summarised distributions came from a wide number of sources, such as the iRecord, National Biodiversity Network (NBN) gateway (now the NBN atlas), local biological records centres, national and local monitoring schemes. Data was provided to the Mammal Society from these sources for the purpose of producing the mammal atlas. Data from iRecord and the Mammal Society’s online recording tools & mammal tracker app were verified and validated by Mammal Society verifiers. The majority of other data had undergone verification and validation prior to being provided to the Mammal Society but the level and extent of QA differed between sources and the QA processes were often not specified in detail.

The majority of data is opportunistic sightings data, however the dataset does also contain data from structured and or professional surveys.

Correspondence/contact details

Colin Harrower
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Crawley, D.
The Mammal Society
Coomber, F.
The Mammal Society
Kubasiewicz, L.
The Mammal Society
Harrower, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5070-5293
Evans, P.
Sea Watch Foundation
Waggitt, J.
Sea Watch Foundation
Smith, B.
The Mammal Society
Mathews, F.
The Mammal Society

Other contacts

Rights holders
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, The Mammal Society
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
environment
INSPIRE theme
Species Distribution
Keywords
biodiversity , Biodiversity , distribution , mammal , Mammal atlas , Mapping , Occurrence
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
Last updated
08 February 2024 17:39

Get the data

THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. The latest version is Occurrence data at 10km resolution for terrestrial mammals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1960-1992 and 2000-2016 v2

An error was discovered in this dataset - three species used slightly different time periods than the other species and this difference resulted in their records not being correctly populated for the most recent time period. The data provider has fixed the issue in the latest version.

If you need access to this archived version, please contact the EIDC

Supporting documentation

CITE AS: Crawley, D.; Coomber, F.; Kubasiewicz, L.; Harrower, C.; Evans, P.; Waggitt, J.; Smith, B.; Mathews, F. (2023). Occurrence data at 10km resolution for terrestrial mammals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1960-1992 and 2000-2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/422adbc3-306e-437a-9fe1-c7b53a374f87