0dc3c50e-c4f2-4cda-88e9-9835e738a6a2 National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ecological Data Manager +353-1-8882000 0 National Parks and Wildlife Service 90 North King Street Dublin 7 D07 N7CV Ireland datadelivery@housing.gov.ie 2025-05-19T13:16:41 ISDI Metadata Profile 1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25 https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903 EPSG National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003-2008 National Survey of Native Woodlands 2010-01-14T00:00:00 National-survey-of-native-woodlands-2003-2008 https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ The National Survey of Native Woodlands in Ireland included the survey of 1,217 woodland sites across all 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland during 2003-2007. Site selection was carried out using the Forest Inventory Planning System 1998 (FIPS) and local knowledge. Surveys comprised the recording of site species lists and information at the site level on topography, management, grazing, natural regeneration, geographical situation, adjacent habitat types, invasive species, dead wood and boundaries. Relevés were recorded in each of the main stand types identified at each site. For each relevé, data were recorded on vascular plant and bryophyte cover abundance, soil type and soil chemistry, notable lichens, stand structure, and natural regeneration. Data were also incorporated from a number of external sources. This shapefile contains the digitised boundaries of all sites surveyed as part of NSNW 2003-2007, as well as additional sites surveyed by van der Sleesen and Poole (2002) during the pilot study, and by Browne et al. (2000), Fernandez et al. (2005), van der Sleesen (unpublished data), Kelly and Fuller (unpublished data) and Smith (unpublished data) in additional studies, which were incorporated into the results of NSNW 2003-2007. Boundaries of all 1,320 sites reported on in Perrin et al. (2008) are included in this shapefile. It was beyond the scope and resources of this project to conduct a comprehensive survey of ancient woodland in Ireland. Hence, the overall objective was instead to identify resources and develop a protocol for the identification of ancient woodland and to initialise a national inventory. This will provide a formal framework for future studies in ancient woodland. The aims of this project were therefore to: 1. Investigate the historical records available in the Republic of Ireland which can provide an assessment of woodland longevity. 2. Collate available information from previous research into ancient woodlands in Ireland. 3. Research through desk-based work and fieldwork a selection of woodland sites from across the country. 4. Produce a National Ancient and Long-established Woodland Inventory in the form of a GIS data layer showing the extent and distribution of researched sites. 5. Produce a preliminary list of ancient and long-established woodland vascular plant indicators for the Republic of Ireland and identify other pertinent features associated with these woodlands. National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ecological Data Manager +353-1-8882000 0 National Parks and Wildlife Service 90 North King Street Dublin 7 D07 N7CV Ireland datadelivery@housing.gov.ie Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET 2008-12-05 habitat, biodiversity, woodland ecosystem, GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1 GEMET 2012-07-20 National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, species, habitat protection, heritage, National Biodiversity Plan National Parks and Wildlife Service NPWS 2015-07-27 Ireland ISO 3166 ISO Country List 2008-12-13 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Copyright Government of Ireland. This dataset was created by National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10560 environment biota -11.265947788472001 -5.7508110697222 51.205966241541006 55.820224054041 0 1014 An Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level (MSL) is used for the datum. Malin Ordnance Datum Derivation of vertical height or depth (in metres) In the Republic of Ireland, OD for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland is Malin Ordnance Datum: the Mean Sea Level (MSL) at Portmoor Pier, Malin Head, County Donegal, between 1960 and 1969. 5731 EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height Metres Derivation of Altitude OD based on Mean Sea Level, Malin Head 1960-1969 Esri shapefile v10.x National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ecological Data Manager +353-1-8882000 - National Parks and Wildlife Service 90 North King Street Dublin 7 D07 N7CV Ireland datadelivery@housing.gov.ie.ie https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/nsnw.zip application/zip Zip file containing shapefiles download Download SHP https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?appid=24b1508d044e4d3d80bf107f70f33ee9 text/html ESRI Web application Visualisation of National Survey of Native Woodlands 2008 https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/nsnw-vol-1.pdf text/pdf Publication - National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003-2008 Vol1 INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0 2013-12-10 The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. false 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 INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation 2010-12-08 Level of conformance with the 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 false Process steps: NSNW_Woodland_Habitats shapefile submitted to NPWS (Perrin et al. 2008) was edited following consultation with field maps, site synopses and other information to produce the accurate digitised site boundaries held in this shapefile. The NSNW_Woodland_Habitats shapefile was itself based partly on information from the FIPS database (FIPS, 1998). Associated attribute data are as follows [text in square brackets refers to the actual field name in the attributes table]: - [FID] = Unique polygon ID. - [Shape] = Attribute type (always Polygon for this shapefile). - [UNIQUE_DIS] = Redundant field, relevant to a previous FIPS analysis in 2003; recommend this be deleted from this shapefile. - [COUNT] = Number of polygons in site. - [SITE_CODE] = NSNW Site number. - [COUNTY] = Name(s) of County in which site (NOT POLYGON) is located. - [H_FOSSCODE] = Level 3 habitat code in Fossitt (2000); may contain several habitats, separated by “/”, if habitats occur as a mosaic (this information derived primarily from field map and relevé data). - [H_FOSSDESC] = Full description of Fossitt (2000) habitat code. - [H_EU_CODE] = Habitats Directive (Annex I) woodland habitat code, if applicable (this information is derived from the Woodland_Releves_2010 shapefile – see below). Two other values possible: 1) A dash “-“if definitely not Annex I woodland (as determined from relevé); 2) ND if Annex status is not determined (due to insufficient data, e.g. no relevé). - [H_EU_DESC] = Habitats Directive description, if applicable. Two other values possible: 1) Not Determined (see above); 2) Non-Annex. - [NSNW_CODE] = NSNW vegetation type code, determined by analysis of relevés in Perrin et al. (2008). - [NSNW_DESC] = NSNW vegetation type description, from Perrin et al. (2008). - [COVERAGE] = percentage Fossitt habitat composition of the polygon (note: NOT the percentage composition of the overall site). This is always 100% for non-mosaic polygons. For mosaic polygons, the value may be taken from the General Site Data (Blue) sheet found in individual site packs, an estimated figure arrived at by surveyors after survey of the site, or from a combination of the estimated figure and the accurate area provided by GIS. • [SAC] = SAC code if site is wholly or partially in an SAC. • [PARCEL_NO] = Redundant field; formerly held the FIPS parcel numbers which intersect with that polygon. However, as site polygons may intersect with a large number of FIPS polygons, including, in many cases, minute slivers, it is preferable that this NSNW_Woodland_Habitats_2010 shapefile be viewed in tandem with the FIPS layer, or that an intersect be carried out between the two as required for individual sites. The field has, therefore, been left blank in this shapefile. It is recommended that this field be deleted from this shapefile. • [MAP_BASE] = Aerial photograph series used for mapping. Three possible values: 1) 2000 = 2000 AP series; used for sites surveyed 2003-2004; 2) 2005 = 2005 AP series; used for sites surveyed 2005-2007 3) 2000, 2005 = Both series used; in a small number of cases, both series had to be viewed for more accurate digitisation of the site. • [INITIALS] = Initials of BEC person who digitised site. • [ESTIMATE] = an indication of the degree of certainty of the habitat boundary. Y was entered here if the habitat boundary was unclear from the aerial photograph or hand-drawn field map; an entry was made in the NSNW_Site_Issues.xls spreadsheet submitted as part of this project. • [AREA] = Area of polygon in square metres.