UK Biodiversity Action Plan Invertebrate Data for Wales

Natural Resources Wales

Description

This dataset is a collation of all confirmed occurrence records of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Priority invertebrate species reported from Wales.

Geographic Description

All Wales. The majority of the records are available at a precision of between 4 and 6 figure grid references.

Purpose

The aim of the data was to collate information on UK BAP invertebrates in Wales and inform Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) partners.

Data quality

Data accuracy is reliant on original sources. Spatial references, dates and species identifications have been validated by NRW's invertebrate experts checking printed lists of records, and literature references have been added where possible.

Methods

The dataset is a sub-set of the Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID). WID is a collation of records from many available sources, including literature records, published surveys and information submitted by naturalists. Records including negative occurrences where the species has been specifically searched for without success are noted. The complete database contains third party data and NRW is working towards the release of the full database.

Citation

Natural Resources Wales. ([Insert year of download]) UK Biodiversity Action Plan Invertebrate Data for Wales. Occurrence dataset accessed through the NBNAtlas

Rights

© CNC/NRW

Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Attribution statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.

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