AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Annex I Reefs in UK waters (Open Data) (Version 8.3, 2022)

This dataset contains all geospatial data that show the potential and high confidence mapped extents of Annex I habitat 'Reef' in UK waters, including any additional areas that should be considered reef for management purposes. Annex I reefs occur where rocky areas or concretions made by marine animals arise from the surrounding seafloor.

Version 8.1 of the dataset was produced by removing a single map (GB000980) from the previous version (2019 V8).
Version 8.2 of the dataset was produced by correcting polygon errors in Rockall Reef from the previous version (2021 V8.1).
Version 8.3 of the dataset was produced by updating data availability restrictions, addressing overlapping polygons in the Shetland Islands, removing specific points following updated advice and correcting a GUI following updated advice from the previous version (2021 V8.2).

Areas of protected reef can be viewed on the JNCC MPA Mapper: https://jncc.gov.uk/mpa-mapper

Additional information source: https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/marine-habitat-data-product-habitats-directive-annex-i-marine-habitats/

Tags: Habitats Directive - Annex I, Identification of Annex 1 Reef and subtypes, Marine, Seabed Habitats and Geology
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Geological Conservation Review (GCR) csv extract of the GCR database (part)

The GCR database contains information about the most important geological sites in Britain. The GCR programme is a list of 45 volumes, whose aim is to provide a list of features of interest in localities notified or being considered as SSSI. The sites included in the review have geological and geomorphological relevant features. JNCC is responsible for keeping the database up-to-date, as well as the website, and the country agencies for providing updated information of the sites.

Please note that this resource requires updating (June 2024), so is currently unavailable. You can find the lists of GCR sites on the [JNCC website](https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/gcr-sites/)

Tags: Base Maps, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, boundaries
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Marine habitat correlation tables version 201801 – database version

**The [2026.01 version](https://jncc.gov.uk/resources/ea153999-2892-4c62-919e-c33b33c65fda) of the marine habitat correlation tables is now available on the JNCC website and this version (2018.01) is now archived**

Two tools have been created to investigate marine habitat correlations: the correlation spreadsheet and the correlation database. These two tools contain the same correlations, and are updated every 1–2 years.

Available here is the Access database version. This provides details of the correlations between habitats in the EUNIS marine habitat classification with habitats in the JNCC Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland and also listed habitats from various other classifications (Habitat's Directive Annex I, OSPAR, MCZ habitat FOCI, HPIs, MSFD predominant). 

The database is accompanied by a user guide. 

The same correlation tables are also available as a [spreadsheet](https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/62a16757-e0d1-4a29-a98e-948745804aec).

Tags: EUNIS, Habitat classification, Habitats, Habitats Directive - Annex I, Marine, Marine Habitats, OSPAR threatened/declining habitats, Seabed Habitats and Geology
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Marine habitat correlation tables version 201801 –  spreadsheet version

**The [2026.01 version](https://jncc.gov.uk/resources/ea153999-2892-4c62-919e-c33b33c65fda) of the marine habitat correlation tables is now available on the JNCC website and this version (2018.01) is now archived**

Two tools have been created to investigate marine habitat correlations: the correlation spreadsheet and the correlation database. These two tools contain the same correlations, and are updated every 1–2 years.

Available here is the spreadsheet version. This provides details of the correlations between habitats in the EUNIS marine habitat classification with habitats in the JNCC Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland and also listed habitats from various other classifications (Habitats Directive Annex I, OSPAR, MCZ habitat FOCI, HPIs, MSFD predominant). 

The spreadsheet is accompanied by a user guide. 

The same correlation tables are also available in [database form](https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/b9dd7f55-976c-45e9-a9f9-ef93da5a3332).

Tags: EUNIS, Habitat classification, Habitats, Habitats Directive - Annex I, Marine, Marine Habitats, OSPAR threatened/declining habitats, Seabed Habitats and Geology
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
DarwinPlus053: Northern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi TDR data from Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, 2016

Darwin Plus Project 053 Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/DPLUS053/24132/DPLUS053%20AR1%20-%20edited.pdf

The dataset is under Embargo until data analysis has been completed and ready to be published as Open Data.

Temperature depth devices (TDR) were attached to northern rockhopper penguins breeding on Nightingale (37°25'S, 12°28'W) to investigate temporal differences in diving behaviour throughout the species’ breeding cycle. 
The data sets comprise the unprocessed pressure and temperature data for each bird in .csv format. 
Data were collected as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 – 2018, a joint multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration between the RSPB, Tristan da Cunha government, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa.
Temperature depth devices (TDR) were attached to northern rockhopper penguins breeding on Nightingale (37°25'S, 12°28'W) to investigate temporal differences in diving behaviour throughout the species’ breeding cycle. The data sets comprise the unprocessed pressure and temperature data for each bird in .csv format. Data were collected as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 – 2018, a joint multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration between the RSPB, Tristan da Cunha government, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa.

Tags: Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Overseas Territories, Terrestrial, Tristan da Cunha, breeding
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
DarwinPlus053: Northern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi GLS data from Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, 2016-2017

Darwin Plus Project 053 Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha
http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/DPLUS053/24132/DPLUS053%20AR1%20-%20edited.pdf

The dataset is under Embargo until data analysis has been completed and ready to be published as Open Data.

Geolocators (GLS) were attached to northern rockhopper penguins breeding on Nightingale Island (37°25'S, 12°28'W; 4 km2) with the aim to study the species’ dispersal in the inter-breeding period, 2017. This data successfully augmented and complement existing data sets for the species breeding on Nightingale Island and enhanced our understanding of the species’ distribution at sea throughout their annual cycle.
There are four different data types for each penguin a) the unprocessed light sensor data, b) the unprocessed activity (wet/dry) data, c) the unprocessed temperature data and d) the estimated positions using the BAStag and SGAT packages in R. 
Data were collected as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 – 2018, a joint multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration between the RSPB, Tristan da Cunha government, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa.

Tags: Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Overseas Territories, Terrestrial, Tristan da Cunha, breeding, foraging range
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
DarwinPlus053: Northern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi breeding success on Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha 2016-2017

Darwin Plus Project 053 
http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/DPLUS053/24132/DPLUS053%20AR1%20-%20edited.pdf

The dataset is under Embargo until data analysis has been completed and ready to be published as Open Data.

In 2016, 100 northern Rockhopper penguin nests were marked in the main colony on Nightingale Island (37.254°S, 12.2832°W) and an additional 50 nests in a small satellite colony (37.252°S, 12.2833°W). Nests were followed from egg-laying to the crèching stage to monitor breeding success and to investigate the impact of colony size as one of the possible drivers of breeding success. Data were collected as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 – 2018, a joint multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration between the RSPB, Tristan da Cunha government, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa.

Tags: Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Overseas Territories, Terrestrial, Tristan da Cunha, breeding
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Local Plan - Line Features

Planning Policy (designations from Black Country Core Strategy (adopted 3rd Feb 2011), Brierley Hill Area Action Plan (AAP) 2011, Halesowen AAP 2013, Stourbridge AAP 2013, Dudley AAP 2017 and Dudley Borough Development Strategy 2017)

Tags: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and r, Land use, Statutory Development Plans
Organization: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
DarwinPlus053: Northern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi PIT data from Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha

Darwin Plus Project 053 Location - Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha
http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/DPLUS053/24132/DPLUS053%20AR1%20-%20edited.pdf

The dataset is under Embargo until data analysis has been completed and ready to be published as Open Data.

Three hundred adult northern rockhopper penguins, Eudyptes moseleyi, and 100 chicks were implanted with PIT tags ( Passive Integrated Transponder) in the breeding season 2016/17, 130 adults in 2017/18 and 100 in 2018/19 on Nightingale Island (37°25'S, 12°28'W). To monitor annual survival we set up two automated PIT readers on each of the main pathways penguins use to commute between the sea and their colonies. 
There are two data sets comprising a) the list of PIT tags implanted and b) the reader crossings. This data also offer opportunities to examine age of first return to the colony by birds marked as chicks and seasonal variability in colony attendance. 
This study was set up as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 – 2018, a joint multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration between the RSPB, Tristan da Cunha government, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa.

Tags: Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Overseas Territories, Terrestrial, Tristan da Cunha, breeding, foraging range, survival
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
DarwinPlus053: Northern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi GPS data from Nightingale and Inaccessible islands, Tristan da Cunha, 2016

Darwin Plus Project 053 
http://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/documents/DPLUS053/24132/DPLUS053%20AR1%20-%20edited.pdf

The dataset is under Embargo until data analysis has been completed and ready to be published as Open Data.

Global Positioning System (GPS Pathrack) data loggers were attached to breeding northern rockhopper penguins during incubation, guard and crèche stages between September to December 2016 on Nightingale (37°25'S, 12°28'W; 4 km2) and Inaccessible (37°17'S, 12°40'W; 14 km2) islands. Tracking data augmented and complement existing data sets for the species breeding in the South Atlantic, which enable us to systematically identify areas of particular relevance for this species and thus to help determining whether there is a need to improve marine spatial planning in form of e.g. Marine Protected Areas in the island’s EEZ.
There are two data types for each penguin a) the unprocessed raw and b) the processed GPS data (details below). All files are in the CSV format. Data were collected as part of the Darwin Plus funded Project Pinnamin, 2016 – 2018, a joint multi-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration between the RSPB, Tristan da Cunha government, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in South Africa.

Tags: Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Overseas Territories, Terrestrial, Tristan da Cunha, breeding, foraging range
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Marine Noise Registry Outputs for 2017

This publication contains maps, associated data tables and shapefiles from the 2017 data in the UK Marine Noise Registry (MNR; [https://mnr.jncc.gov.uk/](https://mnr.jncc.gov.uk/)).

When using and/or interpreting the MNR output maps and spatial data, users should take into account the caveats in the enclosed document C20180928_MNRPBDMapsCaveats2017_UKEEZ.docx and refer to the data dictionary, DataDictionary_C2018-11-14.xlsx. 

These maps display the distribution and duration of impulsive underwater noise events and the associated activity types contributing to these events, across UK marine waters, for the calendar year beginning January 1st 2017. 

Noise events are mapped in pulse block days (PBD), using the UK oil and gas licensing grid, which consists of a series of blocks measuring 10 minutes latitude by 12 minutes longitude. A PBD is when at least one noise event (between the frequencies of 10 Hz and 10 kHz, multibeam echosounders up to 12kHz) has occurred within a block on a particular day.

Tags: EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Impulsive Noise, JNCC Publications, Marine, UK MNR, UK Marine Noise Registry
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Annex I Reefs in UK offshore waters (Public)

This dataset contains shapefiles that show the potential and high confidence mapped extents of Annex I habitat 'Reef' in UK offshore waters. Annex I reefs occur where rocky areas or concretions made by marine animals arise from the surrounding seafloor.

These extents are also visualised on JNCC's website: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5201

Additional information source: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1448

Tags: Habitats Directive - Annex I, Identification of Annex 1 Reef and subtypes, Marine, Reference, Seabed Habitats and Geology
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Annex I Sandbanks in the UK v2 (Public)

This dataset contains a shapefile that shows the potential and high confidence mapped extents of Annex I habitat 'Sandbank' within the boundaries of the UK continental shelf. 'Sandbank' here refers to the habitat (1110) listed under Annex I of EC Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – commonly known as the Habitats Directive.

These extents are also visualised on JNCC's website: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5201

JNCC recommends using the accompanying ESRI or QGIS layer file to view the extent of Annex I feature 'Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time'.

This dataset is presented in its most detailed form so you can fully interrogate the dataset and all its underlying attributes representing the underlying logic and data sources resulting in areas of 'Potential' or 'High' confidence Annex I Sandbanks.

Where areas of Sandbank contain differing underlying attributes, descriptor values or data sources, a single Annex I feature may be represented by multiple polygons. These subdivisions are irrelevant in terms of the overall extent of the feature.

Additional information source: Duncan, G. 2016 Method for Creating version 2 of the UK Composite Map of Annex I Sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all of the time. Available from: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-3058

Tags: Habitats Directive - Annex I, Marine, Reference, Seabed Habitats and Geology
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Seabird Nesting Counts (British Isles)

This dataset contains counts of breeding seabirds derived from surveys by professional and volunteer ornithologists from within sub-sites defined using 6-figure OS grid references. Counts were derived from a complete census of seabird colonies in Britain and Ireland as part of the Seabird 2000 census.

The Seabird 2000 dataset contains data from a full census of all of the breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland. The data was gathered between the years 1999 and 2003 from both coastal and inland colonies. The main objectives of the survey were: to obtain distribution and population information for all 25 species of seabird that regularly breed in the UK and Ireland; to get baseline figures for those species that had been surveyed poorly up to now.

The dataset contains points representing counts of nesting seabirds in sub-sites - stretches of coastline showing start and end point of subsites about 1km in length. Also points representing counts of nesting seabirds in sub-sites away from the coast which represent polygons. 

This dataset is visualised as a mapping layer on Natural England's MAGIC site http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx.

For more information about the Seabird 2000 census please see JNCC's website http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/seabird2000.

Tags: Marine, Seabird Surveys, Seabirds
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Vulnerable Concentrations of Seabirds to Oil Spills 1995

Seabird concentrations are especially vulnerable to oil pollution, and may become contaminated by oil wherever concentrations occur at sea, sometimes at considerable distance from the coast. This data highlights the most vulnerable aggregations for each month of the year in offshore waters based on their abundance in each statistical rectangle and their vulnerability to the effects of oil pollution. The data was compiled in 1995. Points represent centre of 1/4 ICES Rectangle (15' lat x 30' long).

Seabird observations were captured manually or electronically from navigational equipment (e.g. GPS). Calculated values were derived from sea surveys collected for the European Seabirds at Sea Database.

The monthly data layers are visualised on Natural England's MAGIC site http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx.

For more information about seabirds at sea data please see JNCC's website http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4469.

Tags: Human Activities, Marine, Oil and gas industry, Pressures, Seabird Surveys, Seabirds
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Prediction of outcrops or subcrops of rock in UK shelf seabed (public)

Prediction of the presence of rock at outcrop or subcrop at the seabed across the UK shelf area. This shapefile was produced through a semi-automated approach, using a Random Forest model combined with an expert interpretation phase.

Use the field "ROCK_TYPE" to distinguish between rock at the surface and rock covered by sediment when using the data for habitat analysis.

The "CONF_TOTAL" field provides the final value of the confidence analysis for the feature.

The audit dataset documents the changes applied to a modelled output detailing the presence of rock at outcrop, or subcrop, in the shapefile. These changes were made on the basis of expert judgement and this shapefile provides a record of additions, deletions and modifications.

This dataset is the result of 3 individual BGS/Cefas semi automated rock mapping predictions (found within the Raw folder of the BGS data). It maps rock at surface, or rock and thin sediment as predicted across the United Kingdom shelf. Confidence scores also provided for predictions of seabed character. Manual amendments to the rock in Welsh waters were made by BGS in February 2018 following a consultation with Natural Resources Wales.

The method consists of two elements, namely 1) the automated spatial prediction of the presence and absence of rock at the seabed using a random forest ensemble model, and 2) manual editing of the model outputs based on ancillary geological data and expert knowledge.

A Random Forest model using bathymetric, derived bathymetric, geological and modelled hydrodynamic inputs was combined with an expert interpretation phase. The changes made by BGS during the interpretation phase are logged in a supplementary dataset.

The Defra Astrium bathymetry dataset was used both as a predictor variable and to provide derived predictor variables (roughness, slope, aspect, curvature, BPI) along with (Telmac & POLCOM) modelled hydrodynamic data and BGS geological inputs.

Final confidence scores are based on three-steep confidence assessment developed by JNCC (Lillis H., 2016, JNCC Report 591).

The individual reports are: 
Diesing, M. Green, S.L., Stephens, D., Cooper, R. & Mellett, C.L., 2015, Semi-automated mapping of rock in the English Channel and Celtic Sea, JNCC Report 569, A4, 19pp, ISSN 0963 8901;
Downie, A.L., Dove, D., Westhead, R.K., Diesing, M., Green, S., Cooper, R., 2016. Semi-automated mapping of rock in the North Sea. JNCC Report 592;
Brown, L.S., Green, S.L., Stewart, H.A., Diesing, M., Downie, A.-L., Cooper, R., Lillis, H. 2018. Semi-automated mapping of rock in the Irish Sea, Minches, western Scotland and Scottish continental shelf. JNCC Report 609
 
This version include updates requested by NRW in Welsh waters (manually edits by BGS in February 2018,  refer to audit shapefile for details). 

Available at: 
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2132

This dataset has a DOI: https://doi.org/10.25603/840424.1.0.0

Tags: GIS Strategy, Marine, Model, Processed, Seabed Habitats and Geology, Substrate only
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Management Units for Cetaceans in UK Waters (January 2015)

This dataset is a collection of shapefiles that set out the boundaries of final agreed Management Units (MUs) for the seven most common cetacean species in UK waters. The boundaries are supported by a paper published on JNCC's website:

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6943

The Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group (IAMMWG), comprising representatives of Natural England (NE), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) met at SNH Edinburgh on 28th June 2012. Expert scientific advice was also sought from SMRU.

The paper derives from discussions at that meeting and subsequent correspondence. Details of each MU are provided, including boundaries and estimated abundance figures. The MUs provide an indication of the spatial scales at which impacts of plans and projects alone, cumulatively and in-combination, need to be assessed for the key cetacean species in UK waters, with consistency across the UK.

The MUs have been fully incorporated into the Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCoD) interim model for assessing the impacts of marine renewable energy developments on marine mammals, developed by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) on behalf of The Crown Estate, the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), Marine Scotland and the SNCBs. The interim PCoD model was published in February 2014: see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/02/8509.

The MU boundaries detailed in the paper are final and will not change until they are formally reviewed, anticipated to occur in 2019, and every five years thereafter.

Tags: Cetacean, Conservation status, Mammals, Marine, Species Status, Species Status Review, UK Biodiversity, UK Species
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee