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Hedge length and condition data from UKCEH Countryside Survey sites, England, 2022-2023

This dataset consists of lengths and condition information recorded from woody linear features (hedges), recorded from 248 1km squares across England in 2022 and 2023, as part of a survey of hedges funded by Natural England. The survey sites belong to the UKCEH Countryside Survey, which is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have previously been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way, we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc

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Date (Publication)
2024-05-23
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc
Citation identifier
doi: / 10.5285/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc
Other citation details

Norton, L.R., McCracken, M., Wood, C.M., Maskell, L.C., Staley, J.T., Henrys, P.A., Pallet, D., Mitschunas, N., Patton, J., Ryder, K., Harvey, A., Reid, J., Thornley, R., Boswell, G. (2024). Hedge length and condition data from UKCEH Countryside Survey sites, England, 2022-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc

Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Point of contact
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Norton, L.R.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology McCracken, M.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Maskell, L.C.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Staley, J.T.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Henrys, P.A.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pallet, D.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Mitschunas, N.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Patton, J.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Ryder, K.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Harvey, A.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Reid, J.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Thornley, R.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Boswell, G.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Publisher
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Owner
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Custodian

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3

  • hedge
Keywords
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental survey
  • England

  • woody linear features

  • hedge condition

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This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Norton, L.R., McCracken, M., Wood, C.M., Maskell, L.C., Staley, J.T., Henrys, P.A., Pallet, D., Mitschunas, N., Patton, J., Ryder, K., Harvey, A., Reid, J., Thornley, R., Boswell, G. (2024). Hedge length and condition data from UKCEH Countryside Survey sites, England, 2022-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc

Spatial representation type
Grid
Distance
1000  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
2022-07-01
End date
2023-09-30
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Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc

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Protocol Linkage Name
https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc.zip

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Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

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

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

The data were recorded using electronic data capture devices in the summers of 2022 and 2023 by professional, trained surveyors. Data were recorded from 248 x 1km squares sited across England, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Standard Countryside Survey methodology was applied (refer to the online documentation).

Metadata

File identifier
02748dfd-e33f-459f-babb-7a7836cbdecc XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
8859 Part 1
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2026-02-12T13:48:02
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Environmental Monitoring Facilities


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