Survey Details

Casual Records

DGERC

Casual records sent in by local recorders to the DGERC. Ownership of individual records rests with observer. Where possible records of rare or important species are confirmed with the recorder.

Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre

Dragonfly Recording Network

Dragonfly Recording Network

Dragonfly and damselfly records collected and collated by the Dragonfly Recording Network (DRN), a part of the British Dragonfly Society, for the period 1807-2005.This dataset incorporates the previous DRN and BRC dragonfly datasets on the Gateway. The records include observations on all species, dragonflies and damselflies records, made by volunteers and submitted to the Dragonfly Recording Network. The records includes breeding and abundance information. The records include observations on all species, dragonflies and damselflies records, made by volunteers and submitted to the Dragonfly Recording Network. The records includes breeding and abundance information. Records that lie well outside currently known distributions and would indicate significant changes of range have been validated to ensure their validity. Validation of all other records relies on the efforts of vice-county and regional recorders prior to their submission to the Dragonfly Recording Network. They have not been further validated during their collation.

http://www.searchnbn.net/datasetInfo/taxonDataset.jsp?refID=7&orgKey=6&dsType=T&dsKey=GA000012&grpType=2&

Lepidoptera records (KN)

Keith Naylor

Moth and butterfly records from Keith Naylor. Records from moth trapping and casual observations. Difficult to identify specimens have been determined by National Museum of Scotland.

Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre

Local Wildlife Sites

DGERC

Local Wildlife Sites (or Local Biodiversity Sites) are identified to recognise places of local biodiversity importance outside statutory designated areas. Each candidate site is professionally surveyed and assessed by a team of local experts against agreed criteria. Sites meeting or exceeding an agreed standard are classified as Local Wildlife Sites. Sites may also be assessed based on existing information for particular key species. This dataset includes the records from these surveys, each of which was carried out by a professional ecological surveyor. Surveys were carried out predominantly from 1998 onwards.

Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre

Mammal Record Sheets

DGERC

Casual mammal records sent in by local recorders to the DGERC. Ownership of individual records rests with observer. Most observers submitting records have been trained in mammal identification as part of Dumfries and Galloway Council/DGERC 'Mammal Guardians' project.

Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre

NNW Swallow and House Martin Survey of Dumfries and Galloway

DGERC

Records collected as part of a public participation survey conducted as part of the Neighbourhood Nature Watch project in summer 2006. Public asked to record sightings of Swallows and House Martins, and to distinguish between casual sightings and nesting birds. Occasional records of Sand Martin and Swift also recorded.

Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre

Red and Grey Squirrel Records (RSSS/Red Alert)

Red Squirrels in South Scotland

Sightings of Red and Grey Squirrels reported to the Red Alert/Red Squirrels in South Scotland projects. Includes road casualties. Records from early 1990s onwards. Not all records of Grey Squirrel are confirmed sightings.

Anne-Marie McMaster, Red Squirrel Officer http://www.red-squirrels.org.uk