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  <DatasetProvider>
    <DatasetProviderKey>ButterflyConservationNorthernIrelandBranch</DatasetProviderKey>
  </DatasetProvider>
  <DatasetContact>
    <ContactName>Rachel Conway</ContactName>
    <EmailAddress>rconway@butterfly-conservation.org</EmailAddress>
  </DatasetContact>
  <DatasetGroup>
    <DatasetGroupKey>NBDCSYS100000039</DatasetGroupKey>
  </DatasetGroup>
  <DatasetInformation>
    <DatasetKey>ButterfliesofNorthernIreland</DatasetKey>
    <DatasetTitle>Butterflies of Northern Ireland</DatasetTitle>
    <DataSubject>Sightings of butterflies in Northern Ireland</DataSubject>
    <MethodsOfDataCapture>Sightings of butterflies from casual observations and surveys, submitted by citizen scientists</MethodsOfDataCapture>
    <PurposeOfDataCapture>To map the distribution of butterflies in Northern Ireland in order to identify key important sites and to enable changes in species' ranges to be identified for conservation action</PurposeOfDataCapture>
    <GeographicCoverage>Northern Ireland</GeographicCoverage>
    <TemporalCoverage>1982 to present</TemporalCoverage>
    <DataQuality>All records have been validated and verified by the Northern Ireland Branch of Butterfly Conservation</DataQuality>
    <DatasetOriginalFormat>Excel spreadsheet</DatasetOriginalFormat>
    <DatasetStatus>Complete</DatasetStatus>
    <AdditionalInformationSource>https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/northern-ireland-branch</AdditionalInformationSource>
    <DatasetType>Terrestrial</DatasetType>
  </DatasetInformation>
  <LicenseInformation>
    <DataLicense>CC-BY</DataLicense>
  </LicenseInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Determiner name</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>The name of the person(s) who verified the identification - used for verify records of difficult taxa</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Life stage</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>Indication of the life stage of the organism recorded</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Habitat description</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>A description of the habitat in which the organism was recorded</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>County</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>Name of administrative county within which the record was made</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Abundance</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>Measure of abundance of the organism recorded</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Sex</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>The sex of the organism if known</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <AttributeInformation>
    <AttributeName>Source</AttributeName>
    <AttributeDescription>Original source of data</AttributeDescription>
  </AttributeInformation>
  <ValidationInformation>
    <UnderValidation>false</UnderValidation>
  </ValidationInformation>
</DatasetMetadata>