Distribution of Great Crested Newts in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit
Description
Records of Great Crested Newt held by GMEU. The data set does not include records held by Bolton Museum or the Amphibian and Reptile Group Soulth Lancashire (ARGSL). Absence records have been provided by professional ecologists follwing national guidelines for confirming absence.
Geographic Description
Greater Manchester with a small proportion of records from bordering districts. The majority of records have a 100 metre or greater precision.
Purpose
The dataset is a subset of the data held by GMEU. The dataset has been updated to inform the Greater Manchester Biodiversity Action Plan, Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and planning decisions within the county.
Data quality
(a) Grid references have been checked against the original site descriptions, erronious grid references, where identified, have been corrected (b) the entire dataset has been checked using the NBN record cleaner (c) obvious duplicates have been removed
Methods
Largely records compiled from local naturalists and professional ecological surveys. Occasional casual records. All records have been through basic validation and have been verified by GMEU ecologists before inclusion in this dataset.
Citation
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit ([Insert download year]). Distribution of Great Crested Newts in Greater Manchester. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Rights
CC-BY-NC
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