North East Scotland Terrestrial Mammals 1900-2017 (excluding squirrels, wild cats and marine mammals)

North East Scotland Biological Records Centre

Description

Mammal records held at North-East Scotland Biological Records Centre - various surveys and casual observations. This dataset does not include records of squirrels, wild cats and marine mammals.

Records span 1900 to 2017. The vast majority are since 2000. Most recent dates are precise. Some, especially older records, refer to just year.

Geographic Description

Records compiled from North-East Scotland (administrative areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Cairngorms National Park) as well as some records from Perthshire and Angus. Records collected at a variety of spatial scales ranging from 2 to 10 figure grid references.

Purpose

Casual recording. The majority of records are casual records submitted by volunteer recorders.

Data quality

Records have been submitted to varying levels of verification. Some critical species have been verified by local and national experts though many of the historical records may not have been verified. Good confidence in data validity. Data validated and processed by NESBReC.

Methods

Miscellaneous recording methods; many casual records as well as targeted surveys.

Citation

No citation information available.

Rights

CC-BY-NC

Data generalisations

This dataset is only available on the NBN Atlas at 1Km resolution. Users who wish to access data at a higher resolution and/or data relating to sensitive species should contact NESBReC directly. Data searches for commercial purposes will incur a service charge by NESBReC.

Digitised records