Condition monitoring of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in Wales

Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species. Once sites have been designated, the country agencies work with owners, occupiers and others to secure their management and protection regime. One element of this work was a programme of species monitoring across the site. This is a collation of existing monitoring of bird species across SPAs. This work is often undertaken by contractors or partners such as the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the RSPB. The RSPB have previously collated all the data on behalf of the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW). The first round of assessments occurred between 2001-2006. Second round undertaken by funded partnership post within RSPB for assessment period 2007 - 2013.

Identifier: NRW_DS110513

Alternative Title

Monitro cyflwr Ardaloedd Gwarchodaeth Arbennig (AGA) Cymru

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The condition of features is monitored using site-specific performance indicators. The scope of performance indicators includes species across the terrestrial, freshwater, marine and coastal environments. With this in mind various methods of data capture was used depending on the site and type of feature being assessed.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2015-12-31

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2001-01-01

End date: 2018-12-31

Topic category

Environment
Biota

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Various

Enquiries Unit, Maes y Fynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Format Type and Description

Documents ()

Specification

[A] Various documents and datasets are available (see separate metadata for more information) For the future, it is planned to integrate this data into a new system module (SAFLE) for monitoring work- contact Dylan Lloyd for more info.

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
Degree: false

Lineage: The condition of features is monitored using site-specific performance indicators. The scope of performance indicators includes species across the terrestrial, freshwater, marine and coastal environments. With this in mind various methods of data capture was used depending on the site and type of feature being assessed.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Species distribution

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

monitoring (see specific types of monitoring eg. woodland monitoring)
site condition monitoring
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) (see also proposed Special Protection Area pSPA)
feature

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: This dataset is wholly owned by NRW. Enquirers are advised to obtain a copy from the owner/originator directly, rather than NRW. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate it in its entirety. Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted as contains data exempt from general release under EIR. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313130353133 XML

Metadata Language: English

Parent Identifier: Common Standards Monitoring (CSM)
NRW_DS46198

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:38:55.749Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Publishing Body

Access the portal

Full access to the portal and metadata.

Condition monitoring of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in Wales

Identification

Temporal Extent

Extent

Extent

Distribution

Quality

Data quality

Keywords

Keywords

Citation

Keywords

Citation

Spatial Reference System

Content

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Access Constraints Directive

Access Constraints Text

Use Constraints

Metadata

Metadata

Publishing Body