Great Crested Newt Class Survey Licence Returns (England)
Summary
Class licence returns for the survey of great crested newts for scientific (including research) or educational purposes. Presence only records for great crested newts determined through class licence surveys.
This data set provides valuable information on the distribution of a European Protected Species, the great crested newt. In addition, this data set has been used to inform activities related to District Level Licensing and the release of the data set increases transparency of this new licensing scheme.
Class licence surveys for great crested newts were undertaken by hand, nets, torches and aquatic funnel traps (including bottle traps) but excluding the use of pitfall traps and box traps. Results of great crested newt class licence surveys are submitted to Natural England and have been collated here into a presence only data set. Point data here is the centroid of a six figure OS grid reference. As such, the point may not correspond with a specific pond.
Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.
Categories
Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
Technical information
- Update frequency
notPlanned
- Lineage
- Class licence surveys for great crested newts were undertaken by hand, nets, torches and aquatic funnel traps (including bottle traps) but excluding the use of pitfall traps and box traps. Results of great crested newt class licence surveys are submitted to Natural England and have been collated here into a presence only data set. Point data here is the centroid of a six figure OS grid reference. As such, the point may not correspond with a specific pond.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.382373 to 55.578345
- Longitude from: -7.382812 to 3.164063
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
905c4ec6-4203-443a-9236-c829d2d0dd7c
Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Download data by area of interest and format | N/A | Open link |
| ArcGIS Open Dataset record page | Open link | |
| Great Crested Newts Class Survey Licence Returns (England) WMS | Copy link | Preview |
| Great Crested Newts Class Survey Licence Returns (England) WFS | Copy link | N/A |
| OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
|---|---|---|
| GCN Class Survey Licence Returns - England - Attribute Metadata.pdf | Download | |
| GCN Class Survey Licence Returns - England - Spatial Metadata.pdf | Download | |
| GCN_Class_Survey_Licence_Returns_England.lyr | LYR | Download |
| Great_Crested_Newt_Class_Survey_Licence_Returns_England.gdb.zip | ZIP | Download |
| Great_Crested_Newt_Class_Survey_Licence_Returns_England.geojson.zip | ZIP | Download |
| Great_Crested_Newt_Class_Survey_Licence_Returns_England.gpkg.zip | ZIP | Download |
| Great_Crested_Newt_Class_Survey_Licence_Returns_England.shp.zip | ZIP | Download |