Alternate title

National Frog Survey of Ireland 2010

Date (Publication)

2013-01-01T00:00:00

Citation identifier

https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / National-Frog-Survey-of-Ireland-2010/2011

Purpose

Objectives of the National Frog Survey were to

1. Quantify historical pond loss

2. Update the known distribution of the frog

3. Estimate the adult (specifically breeding) population size

4. Determine aquatic and terrestrial habitat use

5. Determine the future prospects for the species by identifying impacts, threats and pressures

6. Develop a baseline survey and recommend a robust protocol for the future monitoring of the

conservation status of the frog in Ireland

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage	National Parks and Wildlife Service	datadelivery@housing.gov.ie	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Species distribution

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

• biodiversity

National Parks and Wildlife Service

• National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, species, Rana temporaria, Common frog, National Biodiversity Plan, heritage

ISO 3166

• Ireland

Use limitation

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Environment

Reference system identifier

EPSG / https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI Shapefile	V10.x

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage	National Parks and Wildlife Service	datadelivery@housing.gov.ie.ie	Point of contact

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
application/zip	https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/National_Frog_Survey_of_Ireland_2010_2011_GIS.zip	Download SHP

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
text/pdf	https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM%2058%20frog.pdf	Publication Document

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

During the National Frog Survey of Ireland, A total of 405 water bodies were surveyed for spawn during spring 2011 in a total of 171 x 500m squares. Three water bodies were selected randomly from each square for breeding frog surveys. A total of three return visits were made to each selected water body to assess frog spawning activity. The surveys were largely carried out by NPWS Regional Staff.

For detailed information on selection criteria for surveyed water bodies and the methods applied during the survey please see pages 18 ff. of the Irish Wildlife Manual No.58.

In order to facilitate the mapping of the species' distribution on a 10km square level as provided in the Article 17 Conservation Assessment in 2013, all available frog records throughout Ireland for the period 2007-2011 were collated in addition to records collected in dedicated field surveys.

The survey data was supplied to NPWS in MS Access .accdb format, and records from other sources were provided as shapefile. Subsequently records from these two data sources were uploaded into the NPWS Species database. Spot-checks of record locations against discovery series mapping were carried out prior to the upload, and Recorder 6 validation rules applied. Any positive records were then exported from the Species database as a polygon shapefile showing squares, with the side lengths of the squares corresponding to the precision in which the records were provided.

Please note that due to data ownership restrictions, not all of the collated records are presented in the available shapefile.

Metadata

File identifier

4e295a2a-d4c6-489d-8c1e-d845a17d6edd XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2021-07-07T08:07:08

Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage	National Parks and Wildlife Service	datadelivery@housing.gov.ie	Author