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United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2015

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. 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). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9b7fa1d0-2580-46a5-a2d6-b17d30fd7723

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
utf8
Dataset Reference Date ()
2016-11-08
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9b7fa1d0-2580-46a5-a2d6-b17d30fd7723
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/9b7fa1d0-2580-46a5-a2d6-b17d30fd7723
Other citation details
Botham, M., Roy, D., Brereton, T., Middlebrook, I., Randle, Z. (2016). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9b7fa1d0-2580-46a5-a2d6-b17d30fd7723
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
  Butterfly Conservation
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Botham, M.
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Roy, D.
  Butterfly Conservation - Brereton, T.
  Butterfly Conservation - Middlebrook, I.
  Butterfly Conservation - Randle, Z.
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Maintenance and update frequency
annually
Maintenance note
Main updates occur annually at the end of the year following data collection and collation at Butterfly Conservation.
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
GeoNames
  • England
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • United Kingdom
Keywords
  • Biodiversity
  • annual
  • butterflies
  • Lepidoptera
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Licence terms and conditions apply
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Botham, M., Roy, D., Brereton, T., Middlebrook, I., Randle, Z. (2016). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9b7fa1d0-2580-46a5-a2d6-b17d30fd7723
Spatial representation type
textTable
Topic category
  • Biota
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Begin date
1976-04-01
End date
2015-09-01
 
Code
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

Resource Locator
UKBMS website

This web page 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.

Resource Locator
Supporting information

Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

Resource Locator
UKBMS website

This web page 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.

Resource Locator
Supporting information

Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

 
Quality Scope
dataset
Other
dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
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.

Metadata

File identifier
9b7fa1d0-2580-46a5-a2d6-b17d30fd7723 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)
Resource type
dataset
Hierarchy level name
dataset
Metadata Date
2021-06-25T18:32:36
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
 
 

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