Alternate title

Ecotope Mapping of Raised Bogs in the Midlands 2024

Date (Publication)

2026-03-24

Citation identifier

https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / Aerial thermal-imaging survey of seals in Ireland in August 2024

Purpose

The purpose of the survey, commissioned by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) was to fulfill the following:

To undertake ecotope surveys of nine raised bogs and collect data which would feed into the report on the conservation status of the following Habitats Directive Annex I habitats within these bogs: Active raised bogs (ARB) (7110); Bog woodland (91D0); Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration (DRB) (7120) and Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion (7150).

The surveys collected data which will feed into the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s Multi-Annual Raised Bog Monitoring Programme (2021-24) under which a comparison with previous surveys of these sites will be carried out and a Conservation Condition Assessment of ARB at each site undertaken. The data will also be used to inform Article 17 reporting for raised bog habitats for the 2025 reporting cycle. Any changes in habitat extent, quality or intensity of pressures from previous surveys will be assessed.

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	NPWS_data@npws.gov.ie	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Habitats and biotopes

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3

• biota, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, peat, bog

National Parks and Wildlife Service

• National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, peatland, raised bog, biodiversity

ISO 3166

• Ireland

Use limitation

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

Use limitation

http://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

Begin date

2024-03-01

End date

2024-06-25

Reference system identifier

https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2157 / Irish Transverse Mercator - ITM

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format

Name	Version
Esri shapefile	10+
Esri geodatabase	gdb
Microsoft Excel	xlsx

Distributor contact

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
zip	https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/EMRB24_ecotope_mapping_of_selected_raised_bogs_in_Midlands.zip	Dataset

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Ecotope mapping and condition assessment survey carried out within a sub-set of designated raised bogs (9 sites) located in 5 SACs and 2 HNHs covering 4 Habitats Directive Annex I habitats.

Metadata

File identifier

846d3257-d975-468a-8111-a1dbb305f305 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2026-03-24T11:29:04

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	NPWS_data@npws.gov.ie	Point of contact