06cc6b8f-9bd4-4ae4-af5d-65bcbd319e9f English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2026-01-09T12:56:43 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 2022-08-19 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/06cc6b8f-9bd4-4ae4-af5d-65bcbd319e9f 10.5285/06cc6b8f-9bd4-4ae4-af5d-65bcbd319e9f doi: UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (2022). Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/06cc6b8f-9bd4-4ae4-af5d-65bcbd319e9f [THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains samples and occurrences of insects and flowers collected for the 1 km square survey of the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS). It covers the years 2017 to 2020 (note that 2017 was a pilot year and has less data than subsequent years). This survey uses pan-traps positioned on transects within a randomly allocated set of 1 km squares in England, Scotland and Wales. The sample data contains information on the location of the traps, various environmental variables, and the total number of insect specimens collected. The occurrence data for insects contains records of all hoverflies and bees from the traps, identified (wherever possible) to species level. The occurrence data for flowers contains records of all forbs that are in flower within 2 metres of each pan-tap station. (In addition, Flower-Insect Timed Counts are carried out in the same 1 km squares, see separate dataset for these data.) The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme is a partnership between the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Butterfly Conservation, British Trust for Ornithology, Hymettus, Natural History Museum, University of Reading and University of Leeds, working with the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society, wider stakeholders and volunteer networks. PoMS in 2017-2020 has been jointly funded by Defra, the Welsh and Scottish Governments, JNCC and project partners. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/06cc6b8f-9bd4-4ae4-af5d-65bcbd319e9f UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology poms@ceh.ac.uk author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Bumblebee Conservation Trust EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Butterfly Conservation EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner British Trust for Ornithology EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Hymettus EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Natural History Museum EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner University of Reading EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner University of Leeds EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Welsh Government EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Scottish Government EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Joint Nature Conservation Committee EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Pollinators Insects Monitoring Pan-traps Bees Apidae Hoverflies Syrphidae Floral resources otherRestrictions Superseded otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) is funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra, England), Welsh Government, Scottish Government, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA, Northern Ireland), Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). UKCEH’s contribution is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. PoMS is indebted to the many volunteers who carry out surveys and contribute data to the scheme. otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (2022). Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/06cc6b8f-9bd4-4ae4-af5d-65bcbd319e9f textTable 1000 English utf8 biota 2017-05-01 2020-08-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Data is collected by PoMS volunteers and staff from up to 75 1 km squares, during four visits each summer, aiming for one visit in each month from May to August. There will be gaps in the data where a square cannot be visited during a particular year or month. At each visit, five pan-traps are positioned in a transect across the 1 km square, and left in position for approx. six hours. The insects trapped are returned to the PoMS laboratory, where all insects are sorted into main taxonomic groupings and counted, and all bees and hoverflies are passed to taxonomic experts for identification to species level where possible. Data is entered using online forms that promote consistency in data formats. QA checks are carried out on any photos provided that show plants in flower in the vicinity of the pan-traps; bee and hoverfly identifications are cross-checked by multiple taxonomists for all rare and apparently out-of-range occurrences, plus a random sample of other occurrences.