Isle of Wight Notable Species
Citation
Isle of Wight Local Records Centre (2022). Isle of Wight Notable Species. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sm4ety accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-12.Description
This dataset contains records of species which are designated as nationally rare, locally significant or protected by various legislation.
Purpose
Many of the records were collected by amateur naturalists and local recording groups and hence the purpose of data capture will vary from one record to the next. Others were collected by professional ecologists to inform applications for development, or the monitoring of wildlife sites.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
Records are validated by local experts. A significant proportion of the records originate from professional surveys, but may records are ad-hoc observations. The dataset has been checked using the NBN Record Cleaner.Method steps
- Most of the records were collected by amateur naturalists and local recording groups and hence the purpose of data capture will vary from one record to the next. Others were collected by professional ecologists to inform applications for development, or the monitoring of wildlife sites.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The dataset covers the Isle of Wight. The records are largely ad-hoc and coverage is incomplete. The records in this dataset were provided with four or six figure grid-references but some of these grid references refer the approximate central location of sites and hence may not represent the actual location of the species occurrence.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorIsle of Wight Local Records Centre
metadata author
Isle of Wight Local Records Centre
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Anne Marston
administrative point of contact
email: lrc@iow.gov.uk