2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b 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 2025-11-13T16:17:31 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1990 and 1998 2015-06-02 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b 10.5285/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b doi: Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Clarke, R.T., Gillespie, M.K., Hallam, C.J., Howard, D.C., Maskell, L.C., Ness, M.J., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Watkins, J.W., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2015). Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1990 and 1998. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b This dataset consists of change data for areas of Broad Habitats across Great Britain between 1990 and 1998. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from up to 569 1km squares and scaling up to a national level. The data are summarized as percentage increase or decrease in habitat area per Land Class (areas of similar environmental characteristics) and are in a vector format. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB and using the 'ITE Land Classification' as a method of stratification. The data were collected as part of Countryside Survey, a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The Survey has been carried out at regular intervals since 1978 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. 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. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b Barr, C.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bunce, R.G.H. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Clarke, R.T. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Gillespie, M.K. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Hallam, C.J. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Howard, D.C. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Maskell, L.C. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7755 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Ness, M.J. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Norton, L.R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Scott, R.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Scott, W.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Smart, S.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Stuart, R.C. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Watkins, J.W. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wood, C.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wright, S.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Wood, C. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner unknown Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication England Scotland Wales GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Environmental survey Great Britain Broad Habitats otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Clarke, R.T., Gillespie, M.K., Hallam, C.J., Howard, D.C., Maskell, L.C., Ness, M.J., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Watkins, J.W., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2015). Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1990 and 1998. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b vector English utf8 environment 1990-05-01 1999-10-29 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Shapefile NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/2bfdede9-8008-4ba3-ac8e-af4e6ab9888b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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 The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summers of 1990 and 1998/1999 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 508 1km squares (1990) and 569 1km squares (1998/1999) sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) Broad Habitats were digitized in 2000. The digitized data were used to generate national estimates of the change in Broad Habitats for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology (refer to the online documentation). Estimates are presented as percentage increases/decreases by ITE Land Class (2007 version)