Irish Spatial Data Exchange
National Otter Survey of Ireland 2010-2011
This dataset holds records from the National Otter Survey of Ireland 2010/2011. Observations of mink have also been recorded and are included in this dataset, along with records of other non-targeted species (Fox, Badger, Heron, Dipper, Moorhen, and Coot).
Additional Kingfisher records are not openly available due to their sensitivity and can be requested by sending in a formal data request (see https://www.npws.ie/maps-and-data/open-data-policy).
The survey report has been published as Irish Wildlife Manual No.76. The otter is listed in Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive, and results of the survey went into the Article 17 Conservation Status Assessment for the species in 2013.
Simple
- Alternate title
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National Otter Survey of Ireland 2010
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-01-16T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / National-Otter-Survey-of-Ireland-2010-2011
- Purpose
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During the National Otter Survey 210/2011, a total of 1,229 sites were surveyed for signs (spraints or footprints) of otters throughout Ireland. Flowing freshwater (i.e. rivers, streams and canals) accounted for 999 sites, static freshwater (i.e. lakes and reservoirs) accounted for 59 sites and the coast (i.e.the marine environment) accounted for 171 sites. Where possible, sites were situated on separate rivers at least 5km apart to provide spatial independence. The survey was based on the ‘Standard Otter Survey’ method (Lenton etal. 1980). At each site a maximum distance of 600m was surveyed for spraint either along one river bank, around a lake or along a coastal shore.
The survey was conducted by National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff and ecologists from Queen’s University Belfast. Three training days were organized for surveyors to standardize data collection including trial surveys to demonstrate methods in situ in the field.
The survey data was supplied to NPWS in MS Access .accdb format, and records of otter, mink and other non-targeted species (Fox, Badger, Heron, Dipper, Moorhen, Coot, Kingfisher) were subsequently 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.
- 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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Species distribution
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GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
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biodiversity
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, species, lutra lutra, National Biodiversity Plan, heritage
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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
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
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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/0/29903
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
V10.x
- 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/zip
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/National_Otter_Survey_2010_2011.zip Download SHP
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name text/pdf
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM76.pdf Publication Document
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Species distribution
- Alternate title
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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
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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Please see associated publication for methodology
Metadata
- File identifier
- b9fe717c-ed7f-486e-9659-fec4b9a11c61 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-06-29T21:11:27
- 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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