Survey and monitoring records for Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves from reserve convenors and Trust volunteers - Unassessed data

Quality Control

The records included in this dataset are a result of survey or monitoring by known reserve convenors or Scottish Wildlife Trust volunteer and are thought to be of a reasonable standard. These data are not verified, but due to the sources of the data, they are considered to be reasonably reliable. 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

1. As this is a collated dataset of records from multiple reserve convenors and Scottish Wildlife Trust volunteers, data collection methods will vary. Records may reflect regular species or habitat monitoring or be more adhoc, comprising sightings made during a site visit. Data collection methods for targeted survey may be listed in the survey level metadata. These data are not verified, but due to the sources of the data, they are considered to be reasonably reliable.

The records will be restricted to Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves as this reflects the nature of the recording/monitoring undertaken by reserve convenors and Trust volunteers. There may be biases in the data towards reserves with more resources or 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.