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68,708,735
30th January 2012
New Species Datasets
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Biodiversity Information Service for Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park
CCW Regional Data : Mid-Wales, sensitive species at 10km square resolution
CCW Regional Data : Vascular plants, Mid-Wales

Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Environmental Records Centre
Amphibians and Reptiles in Buckinghamshire
Molluscs in Buckinghamshire

Centre for Environmental Data and Recording
Marine Data from Northern Ireland

Environmental Records Information Centre North East
ERIC North East sensitive species records

Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records
Gloucestershire BAP Priority Species - Great crested newts
Gloucestershire BAP Priority Species - Water voles

Highland Biological Recording Group
HBRG Badger Dataset
HBRG Fungus, Lichen and Lower Plants Dataset
HBRG Insects Dataset
HBRG Other Invertebrates Dataset
HBRG Vertebrates (not Badger) Dataset

Marine Biological Association
2005-Ongoing United Kingdom MarLIN Shore Thing timed search results

National Trust
Hatfield Forest species data held by The National Trust
Ickworth species data held by The National Trust

RSPB
Black grouse annual lek surveys in Argyll & Bute, 2002-2010
Black grouse annual lek surveys in Dumfries and Galloway, 1980-2010
Black grouse lek survey in the Scottish Borders, 2010
Farmland bird database in Dumfries and Galloway, 1999-2010
Nightjar breeding season surveys in Dumfries and Galloway between 1981 and 2010
Swift Inventory of Nest Sites in the UK, 2009-2010
Swift Inventory of Low-Level Screaming Parties in the UK, 2009-2010

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Non-sensitive records from all taxonomic groups

Updated Dictionary
Dictionary last updated on 18th August 2011