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Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves Inventory

Dataset homepage

Citation

Staffordshire Ecological Record (2022). Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves Inventory. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vhdows accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-07.

Description

Records relating to the nature reserves owned or managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. The data cover a wide taxonomic range of animals and plants. These data include both systematic surveys of the reserves and ad hoc records sent in by visitors, hence the data quality is variable.

Purpose

The majority of the data collection is for monitoring the condition and biodiversity present on Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's nature reserves. Some of the records are due to organised surveys of the reserves, but the majority are ad hoc records collected by SWT reserve managers, local enthusiasts and occasional visitors.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Most of the data has been inputted by the local expert in the relevant group so this should be adequately validated, however, grid references for early records and publically supplied data have often been inferred to the best knowledge of the collator. The data has not be checked using the NBN Record Cleaner.

Method steps

  1. The data are primarily collected by the taxon-interest groups involved with each survey and hence survey techniques various depending on the species involved, however, the majority are based upon general field observations. The bulk of the records are then collated by the taxon-interest group and verified prior to supply to SER. Bat Group and Mammal Group records are also computerised by the relevant groups using MapMate prior to supply to SER. These MapMate data are subsequently transferred into Recorder 6 at SER.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Records are all from Staffordshire Modern county and from within or immediately adjacent to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's nature reserves.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Staffordshire Ecological Record
The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge,
Stafford
ST17 0WT
GB
Telephone: 01889 880100
email: info@staffs-ecology.org.uk
homepage: http://www.staffs-ecology.org.uk/html2015/index.php?title=Main_Page
metadata author
Staffordshire Ecological Record
The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge,
Stafford
ST17 0WT
GB
Telephone: 01889 880100
email: info@staffs-ecology.org.uk
homepage: http://www.staffs-ecology.org.uk/html2015/index.php?title=Main_Page
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
administrative point of contact
email: info@staffs-ecology.org.uk
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