Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 version 2

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 is version 2 of the dataset; the previous version contained some incorrect values for the summed totals of counted insect specimens, which have been corrected in this version. 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/10.5285/2c43ba3c-d821-442c-989b-754451d72091

Date (Publication): 2022-11-17

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2c43ba3c-d821-442c-989b-754451d72091

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/2c43ba3c-d821-442c-989b-754451d72091

Other citation details: UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (2022). Pan-trap survey data from the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, 2017-2020 version 2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2c43ba3c-d821-442c-989b-754451d72091

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
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 and 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 of Northern Ireland		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner
Joint Nature Conservation Committee		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology		enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Owner

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and Biotopes

Keywords

Pollinators
Bees
Apidae
Floral resources
Hoverflies
Pan-traps
Syrphidae
Insects
Monitoring

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Other constraints: This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Other constraints: 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.

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Other constraints: 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 version 2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2c43ba3c-d821-442c-989b-754451d72091

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Distance: 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language: English

Character set: UTF8

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Biota

Begin date: 2017-05-01

End date: 2020-08-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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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: 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.

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File identifier: 2c43ba3c-d821-442c-989b-754451d72091 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: 8859 Part 1

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Hierarchy level name: dataset

Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:14:37

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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