Identification

Title

Great Crested Newt Evidence Enhancement Project 2013

Alternative title(s)

Natural England GCN EEP Habitat Suitability Data

Abstract

Location of ponds surveyed as part of Phase 1 of the Natural England 2013 Greated Crested Newt Evidence Enhancement Project (NE GCN EEP Surveyed GIS).Great crested newts (GCN), alongside other species listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive, are afforded particular protection because of their conservation status at a European scale. This species is widespread in Europe, but has declined since the 1940s. In the UK, GCN are widespread and locally common, with a patchy distribution, especially in South West England, parts of Wales, and in Scotland. A requirement of the Habitats Directive of each EU member state is to ensure that European Protected Species are maintained at or restored to ‘favourable conservation status’ across their natural range. In order to better understand the conservation status of the species in England, a much better understanding is needed of the distribution and extent of the population of the species in its natural range, and the habitat available to it. This project forms part of a series of projects to produce an enhanced evidence base which can be used to inform decisions about land-use planning and determining conservation status. It is the first of a two-stage exercise to collect data to develop a model for predicting the presence of GCN. Potential applications of a predictive model could include earlier identification of areas where GCN can be ruled in or out as a concern in land-use planning decisions. Data is a sample of ponds identified in pilot survey locations. Data should subsequently not be used as a definitive indicator of total pond coverage. Attribution statement: Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data.defra.gov.uk/NatureCons/NE_Species_Great_Crested_Newt_EEP_Survey.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name:

description: Amazon Cloud

http://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/great-crested-newt-evidence-enhancement-project-2013

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

Unique resource identifier

code

57ebd6a8-08d0-46c6-9253-547c27854df6

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

NEbatch4

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.63926

East bounding longitude

0.9846260000000001

North bounding latitude

53.38130000000001

South bounding latitude

50.56029

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-03-01

End position

2013-04-30

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2013-07-01

date type

publication

effective date

2016-05-24

date type

revision

effective date

2017-03-22

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Dataset was compiled from field survey collected grid references as informed by Ordnance Survey MasterMap. For full details on how this dataset was constructed please refer to the "Hyder Phase 1 Draft Report - FINAL unsigned 19 August final version" document & the "NE_GCN_EEP_HSI_GIS_Metadata" pdf.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

ArcMap 10.2.2

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-03-19

Metadata language

eng