Identification

Title

Northern Ireland Otter Survey Database

Abstract

As part of a scheme to monitor the distribution of otters throughout the UK, two otter surveys in Northern Ireland have been carried out covering the years 1980-81 (funded by The Vincent Wildlife Trust as part of an all Ireland survey) and 2001-02 (Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), NI). The 1980-81 survey covered 10km areas within alternate 50km squares of the Irish National Grid using sites that were accessible and where there would be a likelihood of finding signs of otter activity—typically road bridges and the confluences of watercourses. In the second survey (2001-02) 131 positive and 50 negative sites of the 1980 survey were re-sampled plus 441 new sites and combined with an intensive survey of Lough Erne (a designated cSAC for otters). There are also Otter Survey databases for Scotland, England and Wales.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://registry.nbnatlas.org/public/show/dr876

name: dr876

Unique resource identifier

code

ec3045a0-afe4-4632-a269-2670db2aa4f6

codeSpace

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

Freshwater

Terrestrial

UK Biodiversity

cSAC

Lough Erne

Mink

Northern Ireland

Otter

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.3

East bounding longitude

-5.3

North bounding latitude

55.3

South bounding latitude

54.0

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1980

End position

2002

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2004-12-02

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Two surveys conducted using methods specified in an EHS report. No further details available.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma Separated Values

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language