Isle of Wight non-native invasive species

Quality Control

Most of the species are easily identifiable and records are validated by local experts. A significant proportion of the records originate from professional surveys. The dataset has been checked using the NBN Record Cleaner.

Method steps

1. Many of the records were collected by amateur naturalists and local experts through local recording groups and so the methods of data capture will vary from one record to the next. Others have come from reports made by the general public, generally relating to easily recognisable species. The remainder were collected by professional ecologists as part of survey work related to planning applications.

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.