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Hutchinson, R., Harvey, M.C., Roy, D.B. (2024). Habitat records associated with unstructured species records from the iRecord online survey recording tool, UK, 1812-2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/464dee85-d724-45ed-b9dd-2e7a6f65c7dd
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Habitat records associated with unstructured species records from the iRecord online survey recording tool, UK, 1812-2024
This dataset provides habitat data from unstructured biological records made through iRecord. This dataset includes records between 1812 and 2024, however the majority of the data is from recent years. Records are from England, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and are at 1 km square resolution or more precise. The habitat data was entered by volunteers alongside traditional records of individual taxa, with the taxonomic data being the focus of the record.
This dataset includes the year of the recording event (or a year range), the grid reference of the record, whether the taxa associated with the record have been verified as correct, and the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat category recorded.
This dataset includes the year of the recording event (or a year range), the grid reference of the record, whether the taxa associated with the record have been verified as correct, and the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat category recorded.
Publication date: 2024-09-12
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Raster
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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1812-01-01 to 2024-01-01
- Temporal resolution
- 1 year
Provenance & quality
Data was entered into iRecord by recorders (most of whom are volunteers), with this dataset only including data from survey forms that support a drop-down menu of EUNIS habitat categories. Examples of these forms include https://irecord.org.uk/enter-casual-record and https://irecord.org.uk/enter-record-list . Verifiers for taxon recording schemes verified the records, focusing on the identification of the species and spatial accuracy. The verification decisions on occurrences within each sample are listed within the dataset. The habitats associated with the records have not been subject to any verification checks and are known to contain some errors (such as coastal habitats being linked to inland species records).
Correspondence/contact details
Hutchinson, R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7901-3052 Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- biota
- INSPIRE theme
- Species Distribution
- Keywords
- Biodiversity , biological recording , citizen science , England , EUNIS , habitat , Isle of Man , Northern Ireland , Scotland , United Kingdom , Wales
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council
Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Last updated
- 15 September 2024 09:49
More information about these numbers
View numbers valid from 12 September 2024 Download numbers valid from 12 September 2024 (information prior to this was not collected)