Marine Sightings & Miscellaneous Species Records from Natural Resources Wales (NRW), 2007 onwards
Natural Resources Wales
Description
This dataset comprises of ad-hoc records of species recorded by staff outside of the methodology of dedicated research and monitoring surveys. Although any species may be recorded, records are usually made where they are likely to be of interest, such as, rare and scarce species and species outside of their normal range or species that have not previously been recorded in a site.
Geographic Description
All Wales.
Purpose
The purpose of this collation is to account for species of interest that are not recorded as part of any NRW monitoring or research projects or ad-hoc records that are supplied to NRW for its business use.
Data quality
The majority of the data is recorded by experienced staff or are verified with known experts and staff through the use of photographs, video or specimens
Methods
Field observations and incidental records taken by field staff.
Citation
Natural Resources Wales. ([Insert year of download]) Marine Sightings & Miscellaneous Species Records from Natural Resources Wales (NRW), 2007 onwards. 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.
Data generalisations
Full metadata is available via the NRW metadata under record number (URI) 114744
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Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the NBN Atlas. This resource was last checked for updated data on 09 Mar 2023. The most recent data was published on 09 Mar 2023.
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