South Lanarkshire peatland records 2013

Quality Control

This dataset was collected as part of a one-off project, by experienced peatland surveyors. Confidence it the accuracy of the dataset is high. The dataset has been checked using the NBN record cleaner, with only one record number as erroneous. This has been corrected. No other errors were picked up.

Method steps

1. Data collected by experienced peatland surveyors as part of commissioned work for assessments of the peatland for restoration. All species encountered during walk over surveys were recorded.

1. Accipiter nisus
2. Aglais urticae
3. Alauda arvensis
4. Anas platyrhynchos
5. Anser anser
6. Anser brachyrhynchus
7. Anthus pratensis
8. Aulacomnium palustre
9. Betula pendula
10. Betula pubescens
11. Buteo buteo
12. Calluna vulgaris
13. Capreolus capreolus
14. Carex
15. Centaurea nigra
16. Certhia familiaris
17. Chamerion angustifolium
18. Cinclus cinclus
19. Cirsium
20. Cladonia
21. Corvus corax
22. Corvus corone
23. Corvus frugilegus
24. Corvus monedula
25. Crataegus monogyna
26. Cyanistes caeruleus
27. Dactylis glomerata
28. Deschampsia cespitosa
29. Empetrum nigrum
30. Equisetum
31. Erica tetralix
32. Eriophorum angustifolium
33. Eriophorum vaginatum
34. Erithacus rubecula
35. Fagus sylvatica
36. Falco tinnunculus
37. Fringilla coelebs
38. Galium
39. Gallinago gallinago
40. Juncus effusus
41. Larus marinus
42. Lepus europaeus
43. Loxia curvirostra
44. Lutra lutra
45. Macrothylacia rubi
46. Meles meles
47. Molinia caerulea
48. Narthecium ossifragum
49. Numenius arquata
50. Parus major
51. Periparus ater
52. Picea
53. Picea sitchensis
54. Picidae
55. Pinus
56. Pinus contorta
57. Pinus sylvestris
58. Plantago
59. Pleurozium schreberi
60. Polytrichum commune
61. Polytrichum strictum
62. Pteridium aquilinum
63. Regulus regulus
64. Rumex
65. Salix
66. Sambucus nigra
67. Saxicola rubicola
68. Schoenoplectus lacustris
69. Sphagnum
70. Sphagnum capillifolium
71. Sphagnum cuspidatum
72. Sphagnum fallax
73. Sphagnum magellanicum
74. Sphagnum palustre
75. Sphagnum papillosum
76. Sphagnum tenellum
77. Succisa pratensis
78. Trichophorum caespitosum s.lat.
79. Troglodytes troglodytes
80. Turdus iliacus
81. Turdus merula
82. Turdus pilaris
83. Vaccinium myrtillus
84. Vaccinium oxycoccos
85. Vanellus vanellus
86. Vulpes vulpes

South Lanarkshire - only 17 sites were surveyed in 3 peatland ‘cluster’ areas, so not complete coverage of the area. The data were collected using handheld GPS to get 12 figure grid references for the majority of records allowing them to be accurately mapped in GIS