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Insect pollinator and flower data from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023
This dataset includes records of insect pollinator and flower data from within a wide range of land use types across Wales, collected as part of the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP) National Field Survey (NFS) between the summers of 2021-2023. Professional surveyors conducted transect surveys (counting pollinating insects) and timed observations (recording insect-flower interactions). Butterflies were recorded to species-level, and bees and hoverflies were recorded to functional group-level. Density of flowering plants on each transect section was recorded on a DAFOR-X scale. In total, 146 1 x 1 km grid squares in Wales were surveyed, with each visited twice in one year in either 2021 or 2023. ERAMMP NFS is a resurvey of all of the 300 locations from the initial Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) monitoring program (300 1km squares) on a rolling annual basis, with the aim to resurvey all sites between 2021 and 2025. The initial monitoring program, GMEP, was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to report national trends and monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300 x 1km square sites across Wales, and was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218
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- Date (Publication)
- 2026-02-09
- Date (Creation)
- 2026-01-29
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218
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- doi: / 10.5285/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218
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Siriwardena, G., Bowgen, K., Macgregor, C., Emmett, B.A., Lucas, J.R., Monkman, G., Reinsch, S., Richardson-Jones, V., Stokes, J., Williams, B., Wood, C.M., Betts, N., Clews, B., Dawson, R., Douglas, N., Duckham, M., Ellson, M., Jenks, P., Knight, T., Lowe, A., Lucas, A., Parry, C., Roberts, M., Smith, A., Squires, R. (2026). Insect pollinator and flower data from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Trust for Ornithology Siriwardena, G. Author British Trust for Ornithology Bowgen, K. Author British Trust for Ornithology Macgregor, C. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lucas, J.R. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Monkman, G. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Richardson-Jones, V.
Author British Trust for Ornithology Stokes, J. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Williams, B. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M. Author Unaffiliated
Betts, N.
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Clews, B.
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Dawson, R.
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Douglas, N.
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Duckham, M.
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Ellson, M.
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Jenks, P.
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Knight, T.
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Lowe, A.
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Lucas, A.
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Parry, C.
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Roberts, M.
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Smith, A.
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Squires, R.
Author Welsh Government EMAIL NOT PROVIDED
Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian British Trust for Ornithology Callum Macgregor Point of contact
- Keywords
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- Biodiversity
- Environmental survey
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pollinators
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agri-environment scheme
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Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme
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ERAMMP
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Wales
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© Crown copyright: Welsh Government licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0
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© Hawlfraint y Goron: Llywodraeth Cymru Mae'r holl gynnwys ar gael dan Drwydded Llywodraeth Agored v3.0
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For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Siriwardena, G., Bowgen, K., Macgregor, C., Emmett, B.A., Lucas, J.R., Monkman, G., Reinsch, S., Richardson-Jones, V., Stokes, J., Williams, B., Wood, C.M., Betts, N., Clews, B., Dawson, R., Douglas, N., Duckham, M., Ellson, M., Jenks, P., Knight, T., Lowe, A., Lucas, A., Parry, C., Roberts, M., Smith, A., Squires, R. (2026). Insect pollinator and flower data from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218
- Spatial representation type
- TIN
- Distance
- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2021-01-01
- End date
- 2023-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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The data were recorded by trained professional surveyors using bespoke recording forms (provided in supporting information). There were two main components to each survey visit: (1) a 2km transect walk and (2) a timed observation of pollinator-flower interactions within a fixed area. Data were recorded from 146 x 1km squares sited across Wales, selected by random stratified sampling. Surveyors entered data to a secure online portal. Data were subsequently transposed, stored in a secure geodatabase, and exported as comma-separated value fields for deposit into the EIDC. The survey was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Standardised methodologies were applied throughout.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 1b90ebdc-3aa3-4832-8a3f-067494d8d218 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-02-13T10:16:56
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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