South Lancashire Bat Group (SLBG) Records
Citation
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit (2017). South Lancashire Bat Group (SLBG) Records. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vxbvhs accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-26.Description
Contains all of the accepted records held by the South Lancashire Bat Group (slbg.org.uk). The group were established in 1987 in partnership with the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT). They have a large membership of expeienced volunteers, many of which are licensed, and are extremeley active in the North West making this dataset very comprehensive.Purpose
This dataset has been made available to GMEU under the terms of an exchange agreement with the SLBG. The dataset was recently updated to inform the Greater Manchester Biodiversity Action Plan, Greater Manchester Spatial Framework and planning decisions within the county.Sampling Description
Quality Control
(a) Grid references have been checked against the original site descriptions, erronious grid references, where identified, have been corrected (b) the entire dataset has been checked using the NBN record cleaner (c) obvious duplicates have been removed (d) all data has been verified by the SLBGMethod steps
- Largely records compiled from professional ecological surveys conducted by licensed members of the group. Occasional casual records. All records have been through basic validation and have been verified by the SLBG before inclusion in this dataset.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Records are largely from the North West of England with a proportion of records being from Wales and other regions. The majority of records have a 100 metre or greater precision.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorGreater Manchester Ecology Unit
Clarence Arcade, Stamford Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
homepage: http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ecologyunit
metadata author
Greater Manchester Ecology Unit
Clarence Arcade, Stamford Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
homepage: http://www.tameside.gov.uk/ecologyunit
distributor
NBN Atlas
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Suzanne Waymont
administrative point of contact
email: suzanne.waymont@tameside.gov.uk