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Mountain Hare Percentage

Published by:
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Last updated:
04 February 2026
Topic:
Not added
Licence:
None

Summary

This dataset shows the percentage of each 10x10 km squares in Scotland with mountain hares present during a questionnaire survey of estates, undertaken in 2006 and 2007. Although the data are now quite old (and the survey has since been repeated by GWCT), the map does indicate in general terms those parts of the country with the greatest hare abundance. While some changes are likely since 2007, the overall picture is not considered to have changed much. The map can be used as a starting point for indicating those areas where mountain hares are most likely to be encountered (and vice versa).

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NatureScot data viewer N/A 04 February 2026 Not available
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habitatsandspecies:mtnharepc N/A 04 February 2026 Not available
mtnharepc N/A 04 February 2026 Not available
GeoJSON (EPSG:4326) ZIP 04 February 2026 Not available
GML (EPSG:4258) ZIP 04 February 2026 Not available
Shapefile (EPSG:27700) ZIP 04 February 2026 Not available
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File geodatabase (EPSG:27700) ZIP 04 February 2026 Not available

Additional information

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Added to data.gov.uk
2026-02-04
Access contraints
Data from Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Harvest GUID
a34e6717-2ba3-40e4-be2a-9b8eea363ab0
Extent
Latitude: 60.86° to °
Longitude: -9.229° to -0.705°
Spatial reference system
Dataset reference date
2008-12-31 (creation)
2026-01-30 (revision)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
NatureScot (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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