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Nirex petrological samples and records

As an integral part of the investigations carried out at Sellafield, and to a lesser extent for the Dounreay boreholes, the cores from the boreholes were systematically examined by geologists and...

UK sand and gravel database

The UK Sand and Gravel Database was compiled during the production of the Industrial Mineral Assessment Reports. The Department of the Environment commissioned this Report series from the British...

UK digital geothermal catalogue, version 2

This is the second digital release of the UK geothermal catalogue of temperature measurements, thermal conductivity measurements and heat flow calculations. This second release contains 1098 new...

Groundwater recharge in Africa from ground based measurements (NERC Grant NE/L002035/1)

This dataset comprises a map of groundwater recharge for Africa and a database of the 134 observations used to generate the map. The map shows long term average annual groundwater recharge in mm...

UKGEOS Glasgow Soil Chemistry 03_18 dataset

The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility, baseline soil geochemistry dataset released from the BGS comprises an excel file with two spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet contains...

BGS Mineral Assessment Reports

This dataset shows the geographic extents of Mineral Assessment Reports covering sand and gravel resources and selected other industrial minerals across the United Kingdom. The index polygons...

Map based index (GeoIndex) magnetic anomalies

This low-resolution image has been produced from BGS airborne and marine magnetic data. The colour was generated using the BGS COLMAP software package. Colour levels are defined by histogram...

Plans of abandoned mines (coal and oil shale) for Scotland held on microfilm

The collection includes colour microfilm aperture card copies of 7,170 plans of mine workings for coal and oil shale dating from 1872 onwards deposited on abandonment of a mine in compliance with...

Marine Quaternary Map - UK Waters - 1:1M scale

This is a digital version of the paper based 1:1M scale Offshore Quaternary map, North and South sheets. Customers should be aware that, given the age of the paper based maps, the digital version...

Wessex Archaeology Marine Geology and Geophysics Survey Data (2003 to 2010)

This dataset comprises data from Wessex Archaeology surveys which were conducted over various wreck sites between 2003 and 2010. Three of these datasets were acquired in English waters, one in...

Water Quality Exemptions Public Register Online

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA208. Certain activities are exempt from the need to have an environmental permit. In order to qualify for an exemption, the discharge or activity...

Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) project

A dataset providing information of the vehicle types and counts in several locations in Leeds.  Purpose of the project ---------------------- The aim of this work was to examine the...

Mill Road Project: Traffic Sensor Data

The Mill Road Sensor Project which monitored the eight week closure of the Mill Road bridge by Govia Thameslink to carry out crucial work to improve rail services in 2019 has now completed. 15...

United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: species trends 2020

This dataset provides linear trends, over varying time periods, for the Collated Indices of individual butterfly species across the UK. The main statistical values derived from a linear regression...

Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 1

This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European Community through the...

Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 4

This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European Community through the...

Loch Roag, Lewis: lifeforms map area 5

This evaluation of the RoxAnn system as a tool for mapping the distribution of kelp biotopes has been undertaken as part of the BioMar Project which is funded by the European Community through the...

QUEST Fish: biomass estimates in four weight categories for exclusive economic zones

QUEST Fish was led by Dr Manuel Barange (PML) with 18 co-investigators from POL, PML, CEFAS, University of Plymouth, University of Portsmouth, CSIC (Spain), UEA, WorldFish Centre, IPSL, ICES...

Updating Fisheries Sensitivity Maps in British Waters

The requirement to display sensitive areas relating to the life history of commercially important fish species in British waters is well recognized. Sensitive areas have previously been described...

UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2011 [comparable with UKCESS 2011 main report]

The UK Commission’s Employer Skills Survey (UKCESS) is the largest of its kind on the world. It gives a comprehensive and robust picture of skills needs and training investment in UK business....