ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e 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 2025-11-13T16:14:51 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Insect visitations to wildflower seed mix trials on farms in West Sussex and Oxfordshire from 2019-2021 2022-08-04 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e 10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e doi: Nichols, R., Holland, J.M., Goulson, D. (2022). Insect visitations to wildflower seed mix trials on farms in West Sussex and Oxfordshire from 2019-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e The dataset contains information about insect visitations to flowers growing in seed mix trial plots on two farms, one in West Sussex, and one in Oxfordshire. The data was collected during the spring and summer seasons of 2019, 2020, and 2021. Seed mix trial plots were walked centrally and insects visiting flowers in the plots were recorded, and where possible, identified to genus or species level. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P009972/1) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e Nichols, R. University of Sussex r.nichols@sussex.ac.uk author Holland, J.M. Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust drjohnholland@btinternet.com author Goulson, D. University of Sussex d.goulson@sussex.ac.uk author Nichols, R. University of Sussex r.nichols@sussex.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher University of Sussex r.nichols@sussex.ac.uk owner Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Seed mix wildflower insects wild bees foraging pollinators agri-environment otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Nichols, R., Holland, J.M., Goulson, D. (2022). Insect visitations to wildflower seed mix trials on farms in West Sussex and Oxfordshire from 2019-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e textTable English utf8 biota 2019-01-01 2021-12-31 -1.194 -0.45 50.871 51.64 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e.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 Plots were marked out and seed mixes sown in 2018. The plots were then surveyed for insects visiting flowers growing in the plots in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Insect visitations to flowers were recorded in the field. Flower species being visited was identified. The insect was allocated to a “group” and then further identified to species level where possible. If a bee or hoverfly specimen could not be identified to species level in the field, where possible, it was caught, and then identified in the laboratory under a dissecting microscope. All insects seen on each plot during in each survey were then entered into an excel spreadsheet, using a combination of paper notes from the field, and laboratory notes of species.