4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313234383133 English NRW_DS161327 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2025-03-18T09:43:50.162Z NRW 1.0 wel British National Grid (EPSG::27700) Sands of LIFE (SoLIFE) Invertebrate Surveys Sands of LIFE (SoLIFE) Invertebrate Surveys Sand of LIFE Invertbrate polygons.lyr Sand of LIFE Invertbrate points May.lyr Sand of LIFE Invertbrate points July.lyr 2020-07-15 NRW_DS124813 This report presents the results of surveys carried out for the Sands of LIFE project to understand the impact of dune slack rejuvenation and other sand dune restoration work on the invertebrate fauna. Dune slacks are known to support a range of rare and specialist invertebrate species that are expected to benefit from the works. Pitfall trapping, timed sweep netting and visual searches were undertaken across seven project sites: Merthyr Mawr, Kenfig, Whiteford Burrows, Pembrey Burrows, Morfa Harlech, Newborough and Tywyn Aberffraw. Morfa Dinlle was also surveyed but only in 2019. Surveys were carried out in May, July and August in three separate years, 2019, 2021 and 2022. At each project site survey plots were identified in 2019 at locations where future conservation management interventions were planned, as well as nearby control areas. The data includes invertebrates (Coleoptera, Diptera, Araneae, Opiliones, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera (Heteroptera) identified to species level together with their frequency for each survey plot in each project site. This report presents the results of surveys carried out for the Sands of LIFE project to understand the impact of dune slack rejuvenation and other sand dune restoration work on the invertebrate fauna. Dune slacks are known to support a range of rare and specialist invertebrate species that are expected to benefit from the works. Pitfall trapping, timed sweep netting and visual searches were undertaken across seven project sites: Merthyr Mawr, Kenfig, Whiteford Burrows, Pembrey Burrows, Morfa Harlech, Newborough and Tywyn Aberffraw. Morfa Dinlle was also surveyed but only in 2019. Surveys were carried out in May, July and August in three separate years, 2019, 2021 and 2022. At each project site survey plots were identified in 2019 at locations where future conservation management interventions were planned, as well as nearby control areas. The data includes invertebrates (Coleoptera, Diptera, Araneae, Opiliones, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera (Heteroptera) identified to species level together with their frequency for each survey plot in each project site. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en JBA Consultancy JBA Consulting, 1 Belle Vue Square, Broughton Road, Skipton, BD23 1FJ andrew.gubbin@jbaconsulting.com https://www.jbaconsulting.com/ Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme sand dunes (sand-dunes) (dunes) (see also specifically named dunes) invertebrate surveys NRW Thesaurus 2025-01-08 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2024-06-19 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml IPSV Subjects List 2020-11-18 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects NRW SMNR Keywords 2024-06-26 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. no limitations © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Attribution statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. English biota SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 Wales (WLS) -5.777741 -2.608865 51.240829 53.513067 2019-05-13 2022-08-01 C.M. Benefer, E. Mayhead, R. Beaumont 2020. Sands of LIFE: Pre-intervention invertebrate monitoring. NRW Evidence Report Series, Report No: 457, 56pp, Natural Resources Wales, Bangor. Beaumont R. 2024. Sands of LIFE Post-intervention invertebrate monitoring. NRW Sands of LIFE Evidence Report Series, Report No: 820, 89pp, Natural Resources Wales, Bangor Geographic Information System ESRI Feature Class Delimited Species Spreadsheets in Excel Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false Data was collected using pitfall trapping, sweep netting and visual searching in intervention (dune slack scrape and rabbit management) and control survey plots. Samples were sorted to order and identified by specialist entomologists. Data was collected using pitfall trapping, sweep netting and visual searching in intervention (dune slack scrape and rabbit management) and control survey plots. Samples were sorted to order and identified by specialist entomologists.