Amphibians and Reptiles Licence Return Data (2001 - 2008)
The collation of amphibian and reptile data from licence returns was created in order to store all relevant data in one location, and mobilise records which may not have otherwise been available to the public. This dataset comprises of records of amphibian and reptile distributions across Wales obtained from former Countryside Council for Wales' and Natural Resources Wales' licence returns for scheduled amphibian and reptile species. This dataset does not represent a systematic coverage or survey of Wales, but enhances species distribution surveys. The geographic location of individual records is generally random, depending on the requirements of the licence holders. The dataset has been subject to some basic validation to eradicate erroneous outlying records and inputting errors but has not been systematically verified.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS109024
- Alternative Title
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- Amphibian and Reptile Licence Return Data CCW0007200000002
- Data Ffurflenni Trwyddedu Amffibiaid ag Ymlysgiaid
- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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Licence return forms are completed by licence holders as a condition of receiving the licence. Licences are issued to organisations and individuals to permit activities which would otherwise be unlawful, such as deliberately capturing or disturbing scheduled species, or damaging or destroying their breeding sites and resting places. Licences are generally issued for the purposes of survey, monitoring and research, or for building and other development work. Records consist of a mixture of torch, bottle-trap and netting surveys with some translocation of species also recorded. Records from licence return forms were collated into the Recorder 6 database by the former Countryside Council for Wales' Environmental Information Team. This data has been packaged with other species licence return data on Recorder 6 and is available to download via the NBN Gateway (see Parent ID). Some more recent mammal licence return data has been digitised by Cofnod. Cofnod act as data custodian and hold the top copy of this licence return data, not the data held in Recorder 6 which is managed by NRW.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2008-12-31
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2001-01-01
- End date
- 2008-12-31
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Distribution
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Database
Database
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[A] Data is stored in Recorder 6 [B] Paper licence returns.
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Database
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Quality
Data quality
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Licence return forms are completed by licence holders as a condition of receiving the licence. Licences are issued to organisations and individuals to permit activities which would otherwise be unlawful, such as deliberately capturing or disturbing scheduled species, or damaging or destroying their breeding sites and resting places. Licences are generally issued for the purposes of survey, monitoring and research, or for building and other development work. Records consist of a mixture of torch, bottle-trap and netting surveys with some translocation of species also recorded. Records from licence return forms were collated into the Recorder 6 database by the former Countryside Council for Wales' Environmental Information Team. This data has been packaged with other species licence return data on Recorder 6 and is available to download via the NBN Gateway (see Parent ID). Some more recent mammal licence return data has been digitised by Cofnod. Cofnod act as data custodian and hold the top copy of this licence return data, not the data held in Recorder 6 which is managed by NRW.
Keywords
Keywords
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
- NRW Thesaurus
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- amphibians (amphibia) (see also specific species)
- reptilia (reptiles) (see also specific species)
- great crested newts
- triturus cristatus
- natterjack toad
- bufo calamita
- bufo bufo
- common toad
- coronella austriaca
- smooth snakes
- smooth newt
- triturus vulgaris
- Lacerta agilis
- sand lizards
- vipera berus
- adders (vipers)
- rana temporaria
- common frogs
- triturus helveticus
- palmate newt
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. Names and addresses of licence holders (on paper licences only) is restricted. However, species data is not sensitive or restricted.
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© CNC / NRW and various third party originator. All Intellectual Property Rights (including copyright and database) to the collation are owned by NRW. The IPR of individual records rests with the originator. You may reproduce this dataset free of charge for non-commercial and internal business purposes in any format or medium, provided that you do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. To avoid using old information, we recommend that you obtain the latest version from the original source.
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313039303234 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Parent Identifier
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Species Licence Return Datasets
NRW_DS64578
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-31T09:37:52.472Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0