Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Hen Harrier SPA Habitat Map
Under Article 4 of the Birds Directive (Directive 2009/ 147/EC) six Special Protection Areas (SPAs), covering a total land area of c.1,671km² has been classified for the conservation of the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus in Ireland. A survey of breeding Hen Harrier reported that 128 to 172 breeding pairs were recorded in 2010 which was broadly similar to the totals recorded in the previous survey in 2005. However notable declines were recorded in some traditional strongholds of this species’ breeding range (Ruddock et al., 2012). In 2014 a Hen Harrier Habitat Mapping Project focusing on these SPAs and based on remote sensing techniques was undertaken. This project was to produce a contemporary geospatially digitised habitat map for the six SPAs. This project produced a contemporary geospatially digitised habitat map for the six SPAs. This projects was to use habitat categories that broadly correspond to the Fossitt Classification system (Smith et al., 2011), distinguish habitats of ecological relevance to Hen Harrier, to use a mapping resolution corresponding to the Ordnance Survey Ireland 1:5000 base-map to allow land use within discreet enclosed land parcels to be readily identifiable.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Hen Harrier Special Protection Area Habitat Map
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-01-10T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / hen-harrier-spa-habitat-map
- Purpose
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To produce a Hen Harrier habitat map for the six Irish hen harrier SPAs.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
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habitat, biodiversity, bird of prey, bird
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, species, hen harrier, habitat protection, heritage, National Biodiversity Plan
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ISO 3166
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Ireland
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- Use limitation
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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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
- 5000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Biota
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Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 1014
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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EPSG
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https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2157
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version OGC Web Map Service
V1.3
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name application/html
https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a964809ffbad4c16ae2c4ec72f5d3921 Hen Harrier Habitat Map Viewer
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name ESRI REST
https://services-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/rest/services/HenHarrierSPAHabitatMapping/FeatureServer ESRI REST
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WFS
https://dservices-eu1.arcgis.com/Jhij7i46ouO8Cc0N/arcgis/services/HenHarrierSPAHabitatMappingWFS/WFSServer?service=wfs&request=getcapabilities WFS
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes
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INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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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.
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Title
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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
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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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
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- No
- Statement
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The OSI 1:5000 boundary line was chosen as the base-layer upon which all habitat mapping was
based. The SPA boundary data to be used for all habitat mapping was version 3 (Positioning Accuracy
Improved (PAI) SPA boundaries in ITM). Previous versions of the SPA boundary were mapped on six
inch maps and there are a number of discrepancies in SPA boundaries fitting neatly onto field
boundaries in OSI 1:5000. If there were fields traversing the SPA boundary whole field, as it exists in
the OSI 1:5000 base layer, was mapped. For this reason, a 500m buffer round the SPA boundary was
established prior to mapping to ensure that any overlap was afforded full coverage in the habitat map.
All habitats mapped by discrete polygons/lines were assigned an attribute “LAND_PARCE” within
the relevant shape-file. “Select by location”, was utilised to select if the discrete polygon/line feature
was within the SPA boundary. Features contained within the SPA boundary have a value of “IN” for
this attribute. Features traversing the SPA boundary, or outside of the boundary but considered of
importance with regards to providing an ecological corridor (such as a hedgerow bounding a field
that has been excluded from the SPA) have a value of “OUT” for this attribute.
For a full methodlogy on remote sensing and habitat classification, please refer to the project report available as an Irish Wildlife manual via the NPWS website at http://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM83.pdf
Metadata
- File identifier
- 518efa45-1646-4ea7-98eb-ee7af1014096 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-06-16T12:52:07
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Author
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