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Species records
Database last updated 		633
68,708,735
30th January 2012
New Species Datasets
Biological Records in Essex
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus records for Essex from 1971-2011
Invasive species records from the Blackwater Estuary
Invasive species records for Essex from 1979-2011
Non-native crayfish records for Essex from 1982-2010
Priority species records for Essex from 1971-2011
Water Vole Arvicola amphibius Records for Essex from 1972-2011
White-Clawed Crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes Records for Essex from 1971-2010

Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records
Gloucestershire Amphibians not including great crested newts
Gloucestershire BAP Priority Species - Dormouse
Gloucestershire BAP Priority Species - Otter
Gloucestershire Reptiles

Environment Agency
Environment Agency Non-native Species records v1

Isle of Wight Local Records Centre
Reptiles and amphibians of the Isle of Wight Trial data set

Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre
Leicestershire and Rutland Diptera

National Trust
Heigham Holmes species data held by The National Trust

RSPB
Hen harrier national breeding surveys in the UK and the Isle of Man 1988/89, 1998, 2004 & 2010

The Bat Conservation Trust
Woodland Survey

University Marine Biological Station Millport
1999-2009 UMBSM Clyde Sea Fairlie Channel Beam Trawl Survey

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
WDCS Shorewatch Sightings

Updated Species Datasets
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

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