Identification

Title

United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2014

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. 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/10.5285/7e4ad816-0b9e-42f2-8b6f-a0e10442a1d3

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/7e4ad816-0b9e-42f2-8b6f-a0e10442a1d3.zip

name: Supporting information

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

function: information

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/7e4ad816-0b9e-42f2-8b6f-a0e10442a1d3

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7e4ad816-0b9e-42f2-8b6f-a0e10442a1d3

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

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

annual

Lepidoptera

butterflies

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

1976-04-01

End position

2014-09-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-09-09

Frequency of update

annually

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

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-12-16T15:19:09

Metadata language

eng