6314cc74-79b9-4c7d-b38c-37d79890026c
eng
nonGeographicDataset
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
data@jncc.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2018-05-17
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) bird data submitted to the EU
2016-01-26
2016-01-26
6314cc74-79b9-4c7d-b38c-37d79890026c
This dataset contains details for each and every qualifying bird species on every Special Protection Area (SPA). Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species. The EU Commission requires information on each site to be compiled in the form of a Standard Data Form.
This dataset is updated every time a new or amended batch of information is submitted to the EU Commission. This dataset contains information drawn from section 3.1 of the Standard Data Form. From December 2015 onwards this included the following fields
SITE_CODE
SITE_NAME
Country
LOCAL_AUTHORITY
Site_status
X_coord (Eastings)
Y_coord (Northings)
Nowak_code
Species
Common_name
Season
Population_count_min
Population_count_max
Pop_units
SPECIES_DATA_QUALITY
COUNT_PERIOD
IMPORTANCE
SPECIES_POPULATION
SPECIES_CONSERVATION
SPECIES_ISOLATION
SPECIES_GLOBAL
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
data@jncc.gov.uk
custodian
Freshwater
Marine
Terrestrial
Protected Areas
Habitats Directive
Natura 2000
Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "Contains public sector data © JNCC/NE/NRW/SNH/DOENI. Licence: OGL"
otherRestrictions
no limitations
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biota
1999-01-01
2015-12-22
Comma Separated Values
Unknown
http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/6314cc74-79b9-4c7d-b38c-37d79890026c-Natura2000-tranche50-SPA-interest-features.csv
Natura2000-tranche50-SPA-interest-features.csv
The information provided here, follows the officially agreed site information format for Natura
2000 sites, as set out in the Official Journal of the European Union recording the
Commission Implementing Decision of 11 July 2011 (2011/484/EU). This is known as the Standard Data Format.
As part of the December 2015 submission, several sections of the UKâs previously published
Standard Data Forms have been updated. For details of the approach taken by the UK in
this submission please refer to the following document:
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Natura2000_StandardDataForm_UKApproach_Dec2015.pdf.
More general information on Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in the United Kingdom is
available from the SPA home page on the JNCC website. This webpage also provides links
to Standard Data Forms for all SPAs in the UK.
For all sites other than those in the offshore zone, the Statutory Nature Conservation Body responsible for the site (eg Natural England or Scottish Natural Heritage) has supplied JNCC with the information for the standard data forms.