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UK maps of habitat suitability surfaces at 1km resolution for mammals, lichens, bryophytes, plants and invertebrates 2000-2015

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Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

The dataset comprises one 1km habitat suitability surface for each of 5073 species of vascular plant, mammal, bryophyte, lichen, insect and non-insect invertebrate. The outputs are provided as .asc files denoting habitat suitability at a spatial resolution of 1km. The map projection is OSGB 1936 (EPSG:27700). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ec921bc2-5538-47ed-9e72-0d687b4ca4d3

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
ec921bc2-5538-47ed-9e72-0d687b4ca4d3
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2022-06-08
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Boyd, R., Pescott, O.L., Ball, S., Barber, T., Boardman, P., Fox, R., Harrower, C., Harvey, M., Haysom, K., Julian, A., MacAdam, C., Mathews, F., Morris, R., Palmer, S., Preston, C., Roy, D., Simkin, J., Taylor, P., Walker, K., Ward, R. (2022). UK maps of habitat suitability surfaces at 1km resolution for mammals, lichens, bryophytes, plants and invertebrates 2000-2015. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ec921bc2-5538-47ed-9e72-0d687b4ca4d3
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Dipterists Forum, Hoverfly Recording Scheme (author); British Myriapod and Isopod Group, Centipede Recording Scheme (author); Dipterists Forum, Cranefly Recording Scheme (author); Butterfly Conservation (author); National Amphibian & Reptile Recording Scheme (author); ARG UK (author); Riverfly Recording Schemes: Ephemeroptera (author); University of Sussex (author); Gelechiid Recording Scheme (author); British Bryological Society (author); British Lichen Society (author); British Dragonfly Society, Dragonfly Recording Network (author); Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (author); Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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