Countryside Survey data

A range of datasets are available via the聽NERC Environmental Information Platform, with associated citations and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).

Freshwater ponds

  • Base substrate, ponds identified as Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Priority ponds, emergent species present, Environmental & Chemistry Data, area, drawdown height, proportion of water left in pond, dried out pond indicator, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, turbidity, PO4, flows, grazing, management, plant Survey,  pollution, Predictive System for Multimetrics (PSYM) assessment,  public access, sediment,
     surrounding land cover, wildlife pond wildlife

Freshwater streams 

  • Headwater stream invertebrate data | |
  • Headwater stream macrophyte data |
  • River Habitat Survey (RHS) for streams |
  • Headwater stream water chemistry data |

Landscape area features

  • Attributes: Agriculture, Coastal, Forestry, Inland Physiography, Inland Water, Natural Vegetation, Recreation, Structures and Transport.  Broad and Priority Habitat Areas. | | | |
  • Landscape linear features
  • Attributes: Agriculture, Bank, Coastal, Fence, Forestry, Grass Strip, Inland Physiography, Inland Water, Natural Vegetation, Recreation, Structures, Transport, Wall and Woody Linear Feature (hedges and lines of trees) & species | | |
  • Landscape point features
  • Attributes: Coastal, Forestry, Inland Physiography, Inland Water, Recreation, Structures and Veteran Trees | | |

Soils

  •  Soil phyisico-chemical properties | |  |  | | |
  •  Metals: Soil metal concentrations |
  •  Soil invertebrates  |
  • Topsoil mineralisable nitrogen
  • Soil microbial data

Vegetation plots

  • Plot Information, plot description, vegetation height and plot type | | |  |  |
  • Species List. Plant species presence and cover in Vegetation Plots (included in above)

Countryside Survey