United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2018

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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

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b321fa16-30fb-4ece-99cf-a9b921171fbf
Extent
Latitude: 60.861° to 49.864°
Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
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2019-12-11 (publication)
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Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author); Butterfly Conservation (author, pointOfContact); British Trust for Ornithology (author); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian); UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (pointOfContact)
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