4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313631333631 English Natural Resources Wales Maes y Ffynnon Bangor LL57 2DW Wales opendata@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk 2026-03-03T15:02:01.048Z NRW 1.0 wel British National Grid (EPSG:27700) Aerial survey of seals in Wales 2023 Aerial survey of seals in Wales 2023 Arolwg o'r awyr o forloi yng Nghymru 2023 Wales seal counts 2023 Wales seal counts 2023.lyr 2025-06-10 2026-01-22 NRW_DS161361 This data is counts of seals hauled out during aerial surveys of the coast of Wales in August 2023. Data consists of date and time, site number, photographic frame start and end, grid reference, number of seals and geographic region. This data is counts of seals hauled out during aerial surveys of the coast of Wales in August 2023. Data consists of date and time, site number, photographic frame start and end, grid reference, number of seals and geographic region. 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 Sea Mammal Research Unit 01334 462630 Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews St Andrews KY16 8LB ces6@st-andrews.ac.uk https://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme aerial counts seals (see also specific species) aerial surveys seal populations grey seals halichoerus grypus NRW Thesaurus 2026-01-16 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Seal abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2024-06-19 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. noLimitations © CNC/NRW. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence, provided it is done so acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and recognising SMRU as the data originator. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights reserved. Data collected by SMRU under contract to NRW. Open Government Licence English biota Wales (WLS) -5.77 -2.61 51.24 53.50 2023-08-08 2023-08-11 Thomson, D. 2025. Census of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) around Wales during August 2023 using aerial survey. NRW Evidence Report Series Report No: 865, 28pp, Natural Resources Wales, Bangor Delimited Unknown Microsoft Excel Documents Unknown NRW Evidence Report in word or pdf format https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:nrw_wales_seal_count_2023 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link View and Download Data https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/8373/?ows_service=wms OGC:WMS Web Mapping Services 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 by the Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews (SMRU) during their oblique aerial photographic surveys of the coast of Wales in August 2023. Survey followed standard techniques as outlined in Thompson et al. (2019). INFOMATION WARNING: When re-using the data described, end users must acknowledge the contribution of the originators (Sea Mammal Research Unit) in collecting the data. NRW does not authorise the commercial re-use of SMRUs preexisting IPR (e.g. methodologies or know-how) however this does not affect re-use of the resultant data described in this metadata. Data was collected by the Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews (SMRU) during their oblique aerial photographic surveys of the coast of Wales in August 2023. Survey followed standard techniques as outlined in Thompson et al. (2019). INFOMATION WARNING: When re-using the data described, end users must acknowledge the contribution of the originators (Sea Mammal Research Unit) in collecting the data. NRW does not authorise the commercial re-use of SMRUs preexisting IPR (e.g. methodologies or know-how) however this does not affect re-use of the resultant data described in this metadata.