Dataset Details - Badger and Habitats Survey of Ireland
Dataset with records of badgers and other mammal species made during the period of the survey.
28/06/2011
05/09/2017
The suvey was undertaken to obtain baseline data on the distribution and abundance of badgers in Ireland.
Full details of the data capture methodology is available in Smal, C. (1995) The Badger and Habitat Survey of Ireland. Unpublished Report to the Department of Agriculture and the National Parks & Wildlife Service.. Searches for badger setts were made at 729 pre-selected 1km squares from across the country. Setts were classified, mapped and associated habitat data were recorded
National
1989-1995
All data was checked by the project co-ordinator, Dr Chris Smal. Extensive quality control was carried out at all stages in the project, with trainaing and standardised data collection an important part of the project.
Complete
Smal, C. (1995) The Badger and Habitat Survey of Ireland. Unpublished Report to the Department of Agriculture and the National Parks & Wildlife Service.
Open (Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0)
National Parks & Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Badger and Habitats Survey of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 22 December 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/4>
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Deirdre Lynn
NPWS, 7 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
+353-1-8883293
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day | 4067 |
| Year | 53 |
| Month | 46 |
| Year Range | 5 |
| Day Range | 5 |
1982
1993
Record Statistics
4176
932
12
0
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 899 |
| 1km | 2583 |
| 2km | 0 |
| 10km | 694 |
| 50km | 0 |
Dataset Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Common name | The common name of the taxon |
| Type of sighting | A description of the type of sighting made |
Recorded Species
| TaxonId | PrefnameTaxonId | Name | Authority | Group | Rank | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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