Casual records for Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves - Verified data
Citation
Scottish Wildlife Trust (2024). Casual records for Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves - Verified data. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zeay1d accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-23.Description
This dataset comprises ad hoc species records submitted by the public to Scottish Wildlife Trust for Trust reserves. Records in this dataset have undergone a level of verification, either using the rules provided by national recording schemes and societies available via the NBN Record Cleaner, or other experts, such as Vice County Recorders. These data are provided "as is" and Scottish Wildlife Trust do not have the resources to interpret these data. The Trust would recommend using a Local Record Centre for interpretation purposes and to gain a clear picture of all datasets available, many of which will not yet be on the NBN Atlas.
Purpose
Species records submitted by the public, collated to add to knowledge of Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
The records included in this dataset are largely from unknown individuals and are therefore generally of unknown reliability. These data have, however, been verified using the NBN Record Cleaner or other experts, such as Vice County Recorders. Much of these data have been digitised from paper records with a validation procedure in place and so should reflect the original records.Method steps
- This dataset collates records submitted to Scottish Wildlife Trust by the public. The majority of the data will likely comprise incidental records from visits to Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves, but data collection methods will vary due to the nature of the data. Records in this dataset have undergone a level of verification, by either the NBN Record Cleaner or other experts.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The records will largely be restricted to Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves. There may be biases in the data towards reserves with higher levels of public use. Some of the records will be collected with 6-10 figure grid references, whilst others may have been recorded at the reserve level only - where this was the case, a central grid reference for the reserve was used.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorScottish Wildlife Trust
metadata author
Scottish Wildlife Trust
distributor
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administrative point of contact
NBN Atlas
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London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org