BIS for Powys & Brecon Beacons National Park

Description

The Biodiversity Information Service for Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park (BIS) is the Local Environmental Record Centre for the county of Powys and the Brecon Beacons National Park. This area includes the vice counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire and includes parts of Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire and Denbighshire.

BIS provides a mechanism for collating, sharing and utilising the wealth of biological data and knowledge, which exists in Powys and the Brecon Beacons National Park. The aim of BIS is to make information on wildlife, their habitats and important sites, readily available to those who need it. This will ensure that decisions, which may affect the natural heritage in the Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park area, are made with the best available knowledge.

BIS is part fo the first national network of record centres in the UK, known as Local Environmental Record Centre Wales (LERC Wales). The four record centres in LERC Wales work together to provide seamless biodiversity information across the whole of Wales. This can be viewed using the LERC Wales Biodiversity and Information Reporting Database, Aderyn - https://aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/home

Resources

1. Brecknock Wildlife Trust (Now WTSWW Brecknockhire) records held by BIS
   Brecknock Wildlife Trust (now WTSWW Brecknockshire) species records collated and digitised by BIS. Many are on WTSWW BWT reserves or Wildlife Sites and include general surveys.
2. Brecknock county birds records
   Bird records collated by Brecknock County Bird recorder including recorders digitised from species cards under contract supervised by BIS and funded by Welsh Biodiversity Partnership. Sensitive records have been removed. Other bird records may be included in other datasets managed by BIS.
3. Distribution of <i>Impatiens glandulifera</i> Royle along the river Irfon during June 2010
   A Global Positioning System survey and mapping of the distribution and relative abundance of <i>I. glandulifera</i> along the length of the river Irfon from its source to its outflow into the river Wye. This dataset was completely prepared by Jon Paul Mccalmont. If you will have any qusetions or sugestions please contact him at: jonmccalmont@btinternet.com
4. INNS records held by BIS in Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park
   INNS records collated and digitised by BIS.
5. Miscellaneous records held by BIS
   This is the majority of records collated, digitised and held by BIS excluding any records known or thought to be already on NBN Atlas for example county datasets, National Scheme and Society datasets, third party data and where the data provider has refused permission to share to the NBN Atlas.
6. Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust records held by BIS
   Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust species records collated and digitised by BIS. Many are for MWT Reserves or Wildlife Sites.
7. Natural Resources Wales Regional Data : Mid-Wales
   All records collated from species records mobilised from former Countryside Council for Wales regional files, held at Newtown, Abergavenny and Llandrindod Wells offices.
8. Powys Micro-moths
   Micro-moths collated by county recorders for VC 42, 43 and 47.
9. Radnorshire Wildlife Trust records held by BIS
   Radnorshire Wildlife Trust species records collated and digitised by BIS. Many are for RWT Reserves or Wildlife Sites.

Metadata last updated on 2023-05-02 08:13:01.0