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GeMS - Scottish Priority Marine Features (PMF)

Published by:: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Last updated:: 25 April 2019

Layers relate to: the components of Priority Marine Features (PMF), MPA Search features (Black guillemot or Large-scale features of functional significance used to underpin the selection of Nature...

Broadscale mapping of sublittoral habitats in the Sound of Barra: south west of South Uist

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 14 April 2026

This map covers the area in the north of The Sound of Barra, at the south-western end of South Uist.The Sound of Barra has been selected as a possible Special Area of Conservation (pSAC) on the...

Broadscale mapping of sublittoral habitats in the Sound of Barra: north east of Barra

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 14 April 2026

This map covers the area in the south of The Sound of Barra, at the northeastern corner of Barra (from Traigh Mhor to near Loch Obe). The Sound of Barra has been selected as a possible Special Area...

Crick Framework: a systematic description of the potential for the use of Earth Observation in habitat mapping

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 14 April 2026

The Crick Framework provides a way to categorise how well Earth Observation (EO) techniques can be used to identify particular habitats and features on the ground and detailed information on what...

Broadscale mapping of sublittoral habitats in the Sound of Barra: south east of South Uist

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 14 April 2026

This map covers the area in the north of The Sound of Barra, at the south-eastern end of South Uist. The Sound of Barrahas been selected as a possible Special Area of Conservation (pSAC) on the...

Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)

Published by:: Environmental Information Data Centre
Last updated:: 14 May 2026

73 ecosystem services variables for 11 Environmental Change Network (ECN) sites throughout the UK mainland. The variables cover provisioning (food, fibre, fuel, genetic resources, biochemical and...

Geological Maps of Ireland (including Northern Ireland pre-1922)

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 18 June 2026

A collection of 1:63 360 and 1:10 560 geological maps of Ireland. The maps were firstly created by the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Ireland up until 1905 when the Geological Survey...

Mining Hazard (not including coal) Great Britain version 8

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 18 June 2026

Mining hazard (not including coal) summarises the location, extent and indicates the level of hazard associated with former and present underground mine workings. The dataset covers Great Britain...

Marine geotechnical data from around the UK (1975 onwards)

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 18 June 2026

Results of geotechnical testing carried out, at various depth intervals, on shallow cores or boreholes collected by BGS from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The bulk of the data north of 56N are...