Identification

Title

United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2018

Abstract

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 (a small number of pilot sites started from 1973). 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 UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b321fa16-30fb-4ece-99cf-a9b921171fbf

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b321fa16-30fb-4ece-99cf-a9b921171fbf.zip

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b321fa16-30fb-4ece-99cf-a9b921171fbf

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b321fa16-30fb-4ece-99cf-a9b921171fbf

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

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

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1973-04-01

End position

2018-09-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-12-11

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

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.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

Attribution statement: Contains UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) data © copyright and database right Butterfly Conservation, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, British Trust for Ornithology, and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Botham, M.S., Brereton, T., Harris, S., Harrower, C., Middlebrook, I., Randle, Z., Roy, D.B. (2019). United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b321fa16-30fb-4ece-99cf-a9b921171fbf

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-1405

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