Bedfordshire Mollusca (Sensitive) (BNHS) - 1962-1994

Bedfordshire and Luton Biodiversity Recording and Monitoring Centre

Description

Mollusca (Snails and slugs). This dataset contains only species that are considered to be sensitive, currently just the Roman Snail, Helix (Helix) pomatia.

Geographic Description

The records cover the eastern portion of Bedfordshire and Luton (i.e TL11-TL16 & TL23-TL25), predominantly vice-county 30.

3 records have a 100m grid reference; 5 have 1km.

Purpose

To record the Mollusca within Bedfordshire and Luton.

This digital dataset was created by the BRMC (the data provider) by digitizing record cards passed to it from the estate of Beryl (E.B.) Rands. Funding has so far allowed only records from the eastern portion of the county to be digitized. It is hoped to be able to digitize the cards for the remainder of the county when resources permit

Data quality

Observations were verified by the then County Recorder for Mollusca. Some specimens were also determined by national experts. Digitization queries have also been resolved with the assistance of the current County Mollusc Recorder. Although some unintentional inaccuracies may be present, none are currently known.

Methods

Systematic fieldwork that covered all tetrads to some degree.

The majority of records were provided by amateur naturalists who are members of the Bedfordshire Natural History Society (BNHS).

Records were collated by the then BNHS County Recorder for Mollusca, Beryl (E.B.) Rands.

Citation

Bedfordshire and Luton Biodiversity Recording and Monitoring Centre ([Insert download year]). Bedfordshire Mollusca (Sensitive) (BNHS) - 1962-1994. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas

Rights

CC-BY

Digitised records