AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Principal Salmon Fisheries (England)

This data layer indicates the catchments containing principal salmon rivers and principal sea trout rivers. It does not indicate all catchments where rivers have salmon and sea trout presence, only the principal rivers their catchments. This dataset has been recreated from a joint Cefas, Environment Agency, and National Resources Wales publication (2022) on the Assessment of Salmon Stocks and Fisheries in England and Wales in 2021, available here: [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessment-of-salmon-stocks-and-fisheries-in-england-and-wales-in-2021]. This dataset was recreated based on Figure 1 using original data from the Environment Agency collected in 2021. This dataset is intended for visualisation only and should not be used for statutory purposes or connectivity modelling. Why is it important that NE publishes this data? This data needs to be available to beaver stakeholder groups, as well as the general public more broadly to ensure transparency when externally publishing the Beaver Impact Assessment Toolkit which includes this layer. The Beaver Impact Assessment Toolkit is directly supporting beaver wild releases across England following the change in legislation and Defra policy announcement on 28th February 2025 enabling the wild release of beavers in England with a licence from Natural England. Lineage Data used to generate the catchments indicated within this dataset has been derived from the Environment Agency dataset Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Water Body Catchments Cycle 3 Classification 2019 (Simplified), available from: [https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/c257ecf6-ec15-4d5c-8f68-53e2164ee1e5/water-framework-directive-wfd-river-water-body-catchments-cycle-3-classification-2019-simplifie]. The details on principal salmonid catchments has been provided by the expertise of Environment Agency colleagues at the lower resolution catchment scale to remove the need to provide sensitive species records locations and has been confirmed suitable resolution for external sharing by Environment Agency experts. This dataset has been created from published and quality assured datasets and has been internally quality assured, it conforms to data and gemini metadata standards. Attributes ──────────────┬───────────────────┬──────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Column Heading│Full Name │Format│Description ──────────────┼───────────────────┼──────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Name │Catchment Name │Text │Name of the catchment in England ──────────────┼───────────────────┼──────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Status │Status of catchment│Text │Status of catchment containing Principal Salmon Rivers (PSR) or Principal Sea Trout Rivers (PSTR) ──────────────┴───────────────────┴──────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Full metadata can be viewed in [environment.data.gov.uk].
Summarised Botanical Value Map 2022 (England)

Under the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) Pilot, Natural England and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) have been working in partnership to use BSBI's vast database of plant records to inform the evidence base for tree-planting activities. Poorly targeted tree planting risks damaging wildlife and carbon-rich habitats, therefore using these data we aim to ensure that areas of high conservation value are preserved in the landscape. The summarised botanical value map provides an easily interpretable output which categorises monads (1 x 1 km grid squares) as being of Low, Moderate or High botanical value according to the presence of Rare, Scarce and Threatened (RST) plant species and/or the proportion of Priority Habitat Positive Indicator (PHPI) species that were recorded within the 1 x 1 km grid square between 1970 and 2022. The PHPI species are a combination of BSBI axiophytes, positive indicators for common standards monitoring and ancient woodland indicators. The dataset includes an overall botanical value, as well as values based on only the presence of RST plant species, and a value for each broad habitat type based on the PHPI species records. By viewing the different attributes, you can gain insights into how valuable a monad is for different habitat types and for plant species of conservation concern, as well as an indication of how well a particular monad has been surveyed. The categories of 'No indicators, poor survey coverage' and 'No indicators, good survey coverage' indicate where no indicator species have been recorded and survey coverage either is above or below a threshold of 3 'recorder days'. A 'recorder day' is defined as being when 40 or more species have been recorded on a single visit and 3 recorder days is assumed sufficient to achieve good survey coverage within a 1 x 1 km grid square. This map is not intended to be used to carry out detailed assessments of individual site suitability for tree planting, for which the RST plant species heatmap at 100 x 100 m resolution and the PHPI heatmaps at 1 x 1 km resolution have been developed by BSBI and Natural England. However, the summarised botanical value map can provide useful insights at a strategic landscape scale, to highlight monads of high value for vascular plants and inform spatial planning and prioritisation, and other land management decision-making. These should be used alongside other environmental datasets and local knowledge to ensure decisions are supported by the appropriate evidence. Please get in contact if you have any queries about the data or appropriate uses at [botanicalheatmaps@naturalengland.org.uk]. Datasets used: BSBI botanical heatmap data - BSBI OS Grids - OS ONS Country boundaries - ONS Common Standards Monitoring guidance - JNCC 2004 BSBI's Axiophyte list - Walker 2018 Ancient Woodland Indicators - Glaves et al. 2009 Plantatt - Hill et al. 2004 Further information can be found in the technical report at: [Botanical Heatmaps and the Botanical Value Map: Technical Report (NERR110)] Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Ancient Woodland (England)

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of ancient woodland habitat in England (excluding the Isles of Scilly). Ancient woodland is land that has had a continuous woodland cover since at least 1600 AD. It includes Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW), which retains a native tree and shrub cover, Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) where the original tree cover has been felled and replaced by planting, often with conifers, or Ancient Wood Pasture (AWP) where the trees are managed in tandem with a long established tradition of grazing, characteristically with at least some veteran trees or shrubs.In total 53,637 polygons were captured, covering approximately 364971.81 Ha. Our guidance document can be accessed [here]. Lineage Between 1981 and 1982 the Nature Conservancy Council began to compile an inventory of ancient woodland for England and Wales. This Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI) was originally produced on a county basis with reports and paper maps published as they became available. It has since been digitised to create a national dataset which has been administered by the NCC’s successor bodies, English Nature and now Natural England. The majority of the south east counties were updated in a pilot project (2006 - 2014) and this area includes smaller woods for the first time, dropping the threshold to 0.25 hectares from the previously mapped two hectares threshold. Datasets used include: * National Forest Index - Forest Commission * OS MasterMap (PSGA) * Historic Ordnance Survey data including Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings, County Maps and First Series 1 inch maps to current editions - Landmark (bespoke licence) * Priority Habitat Inventory - Natural England (OGL) * Ancient Tree Inventory - Woodland Trust * Aerial Photography (APGB agreement) Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Nutrient Neutrality Catchments (England)

This is a spatial dataset showing the extent and location of surface water catchment area of relevant designated sites, constituting Nutrient Neutrality catchments. Extracted from N2K Diffuse Water Pollution Plans Catchments data alongside WFD catchment data, River Basin Management Plans and Surface Water Catchment mapping in consultation with Area Teams, LPAs and Environment Agency. N2K Diffuse Water Pollution Plans Catchments (DWPP) data used as well as Water Framework Directive (WFD) Surface water datasets and Ordnance Survey (OS) Terrain for use in the SSSI Catchment Tool. These datasets were also used by Councils to generate their own mapping using local knowledge and their in house tools. Datasets were occasionally extended to estuary boundaries or to exclude parcels which local knowledge of hydrology proved to be inaccurate, with guidance from Area Teams (Natural England and Environment Agency). Datasets used: * N2K Diffuse Water Pollution Plans Catchments (DWPP) – Natural England * WFD Waterbodies Cycle 2 - Environment Agency * OS Terrain - Ordnance Survey * River Basin Management Plans - Environment Agency Attribute descriptions: ──────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────── Column Heading│Full Name │Format │Description ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── PopupInfo │Pop-up Info │Character(254)│Summary of lineage ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── N2K_Site_N │N2K Site Name │Character(254)│Name of the protected site ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── SSSIname │SSSI Name │Character(150)│Name of the associated SSSI if present ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Label │Label │Character(254)│Name of the catchment ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── DateAmend │Date of Amendment│Date │Date at which any changes were made post-creation ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── Notes │Notes │Character(100)│Notes on any amendements made ──────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────── AreaHa │Shape Area │Double (18,11)│Area in hectares of catchment ──────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────── Full metadata can be viewed on [environment.data.gov.uk] and [data.gov.uk].
King Charles III England Coast Path Coastal Margin

Polygon dataset showing all approved stretches of the King Charles III England Coast Path Coastal Margin. The Coastal Margin is being created by Natural England under the [Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009]. All land within the 'coastal margin' (where it already exists) is associated with the England Coast Path and is by default access land, but in some areas it contains land not subject to access rights - for example cropped land, buildings and their curtilage, gardens and land subject to local restrictions including many areas of saltmarsh and flat that are not suitable for public access. The coastal margin is often steep, unstable and not readily accessible. Please take careful note of conditions and local signage on the ground. Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Biosphere Reserves (England)

Biosphere reserves are recognised under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme with the aim of promoting sustainable development founded on the work of the local community. Once designated, they lie under the United Kingdom’s authority, but when grouped together in the global community together they make up a network of sites within the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Special Protection Areas (England)

A Special Protection Area (SPA) is the land designated under [Directive 2009/147/EC on the Conservation of Wild Birds]. 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. Data supplied has the status "Classified". The data does not include "Potential" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Moorland Change Map (England) 2018-2019

The Moorland Change Map (MCM) is a vector dataset which shows whether the heather dominant uplands being monitored contain change during the period of monitoring. Approximately monitoring covers the moorland burning season of Oct to Apr. The MCM is an earth observation derived product, using the Sentinel-2 satellites. Validation of the the results happens for each year per upland and Nationally. The validation shows the accuracy of the MCM results. Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Priority River Habitat - Rivers (England)

One of the two datasets that make up the Priority River Habitat Map. Consists of rivers and streams that exhibit a high degree of naturalness. The naturalness classification used to map priority river habitat is based on recent work to review the river SSSI series. It evaluates four main components of habitat integrity: hydrological, physical, physico-chemical (water quality) and biological. An additional classification of the naturalness of headwaters (defined as streams with a catchment area of <10km2 to coincide with WFD typology boundaries) uses land cover data as a surrogate for direct information on river habitat condition (information which is generally lacking on headwaters). Streams and rivers operating under natural processes, free from anthropogenic impact and with a characteristic and dynamic mosaic of small-scale habitats that supports characteristic species assemblages (including priority species), are the best and most sustainable expression of river ecosystems. Key elements are: a natural flow regime; natural nutrient and sediment delivery regimes; minimal physical modifications to the channel, banks and riparian zone; natural longitudinal and lateral hydrological and biological connectivity; an absence of non-native species; low intensity fishery activities. These conditions provide the best defence against climate change, maximising the ability of riverine ecosystems to adapt to changing conditions. They also provide the most valuable and effective transitional links with other priority habitats, including lakes, mires and coastal habitats. In English rivers and streams, high levels of naturalness are rare. Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Proposed Ramsar (England)

These are proposed site boundaries. Please note that as a result of the consultation there may be minor changes to the final boundary of the site once designated. A Ramsar site is the land listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention) 1971. Data supplied has the status of "Proposed". Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Provisional Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) (England)

Provisional Agricultural Land Classification Grade. Agricultural land classified into five grades. Grade one is best quality and grade five is poorest quality. A number of consistent criteria used for assessment which include climate (temperature, rainfall, aspect, exposure, frost risk), site (gradient, micro-relief, flood risk) and soil (depth, structure, texture, chemicals, stoniness) for England only. Digitised from the published 1:250,000 map which was in turn compiled from the 1 inch to the mile maps. More information about the Agricultural Land Classification can be found at the following links: * [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402200910/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/landmanage/land-use/documents/alc-guidelines-1988.pdf] * [http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/35012]. Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
North Dartmoor SSSI NVC

Introduction This is a spatial dataset commissioned by Natural England that describes the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) communities and broad habitat types on North/South/East Dartmoor SSSI. The ground survey for the production of the layer was completed in 2013. The NVC communities describe the character of the vegetation and are associated with a monitored feature of the SSSI, which will be one of acid grassland; blanket and valley bog; subalpine dwarf shrub heath; short-sedge acid fen; soakaway and sump; fen/mire/quaking bog; wet heath; or site fabric. The layer allows determination of the extent of features within the SSSI. Why is it important that Natural England publishes this data Understanding the NVC communities across Dartmoor will help stakeholders working on managing the various commons to instigate the right management in the right places. The data will aid those developing ambitious Landscape Recovery schemes to better understand what's present on the ground over a vast area, assisting with scheme planning and development. Lineage This layer was produced following an National Vegetation Classification (NVC) ground survey completed in 2013 by contractors commissioned by Natural England. The layer describes the character of the vegetation across East Dartmoor SSSI, mapping the area by NVC code associated with the habitat type. 2013 Dartmoor NVC survey information - Natural England Attribute Descriptions ──────────────┬────────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────── Column Heading│Full Name │Format │Description ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── OBJECTID │OBJECTID │Object ID │Object ID ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Shape │Shape │Geometry │Object geometry ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Broadhab │Broadhab │Character │Broad habitat type ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Nvccomm │Nvccomm │Character │NVC community ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Notes │Notes │Character │Notes on NVC area ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── MonFeat │MonFeat │Character │Monitored feature type ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Mosaic │Mosaic │Character │Whether NVC is mosaic or not ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── GlobalID │GlobalID │Character │Global ID ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Shape_Length │Shape_Length│Integer │Shape length ──────────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────── Shape_Area │Shape_Area │Integer │Shape area ──────────────┴────────────┴──────────┴──────────────────────────── Contact DevonCornwallandIslesofScilly@naturalengland.org.uk Full metadata can be viewed on [environment.data.gov.uk]
Severn Estuary High Tide Waterbird Roost Sites (Brean Down to Clevedon)

Identification of wintering waterbird high tide roosts on the Severn Estuary SSSI/SPA completed in four phases: Phase 1 includes the Brean Down to Clevedon stretch. Phases 2 & 3 were completed at the same time. Phase 2 included the Clevedon to Oldbury stretch and Phase 3 Bridgwater Bay. Phases 2 & 3 also identified the subsites within Steart Marshes in Bridgwater Bay. Phase 4 includes the Gloucestershire area. This is a spatial dataset that identifies the locations of waterbird high tide roost sites in the Severn Estuary; and characterises the habitat(s) and waterbird composition. Information on the presence of waterbirds and their roost site characteristics was collected for each sector from the following sources: (i) WeBS core count (ie, high tide) data supplied by the BTO; (ii) interviews with the relevant WeBS counter; and (iii) site visits. This study provides much more detailed information than is generally available for the BTO collected WeBS data. The roost locations will help to determine whether the activities associated with a proposed plan or project could lead to impacts which have a significant adverse effect upon any given species or assemblage of water bird(s). Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Severn Estuary High Tide Waterbird Roost Sites (Clevedon to Oldbury in Bridgwater Bay)

Identification of wintering waterbird high tide roosts on the Severn Estuary SSSI/SPA completed in four phases: Phase 1 includes the Brean Down to Clevedon stretch. Phases 2 & 3 were completed at the same time. Phase 2 included the Clevedon to Oldbury stretch and Phase 3 Bridgwater Bay. Phases 2 & 3 also identified the subsites within Steart Marshes in Bridgwater Bay. Phase 4 includes the Gloucestershire area. This is a spatial dataset that identifies the locations of waterbird high tide roost sites in the Severn Estuary; and characterises the habitat(s) and waterbird composition. Information on the presence of waterbirds and their roost site characteristics was collected for each sector from the following sources: (i) WeBS core count (ie, high tide) data supplied by the BTO; (ii) interviews with the relevant WeBS counter; and (iii) site visits. This study provides much more detailed information than is generally available for the BTO collected WeBS data. The roost locations will help to determine whether the activities associated with a proposed plan or project could lead to impacts which have a significant adverse effect upon any given species or assemblage of water bird(s). Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].
Severn Estuary High Tide Waterbird Roost Sites (Gloucestershire)

Identification of wintering waterbird high tide roosts on the Severn Estuary SSSI/SPA completed in four phases: Phase 1 includes the Brean Down to Clevedon stretch. Phases 2 & 3 were completed at the same time. Phase 2 included the Clevedon to Oldbury stretch and Phase 3 Bridgwater Bay. Phases 2 & 3 also identified the subsites within Steart Marshes in Bridgwater Bay. Phase 4 includes the Gloucestershire area. This is a spatial dataset that identifies the locations of waterbird high tide roost sites in the Severn Estuary; and characterises the habitat(s) and waterbird composition. Information on the presence of waterbirds and their roost site characteristics was collected for each sector from the following sources: (i) WeBS core count (ie, high tide) data supplied by the BTO; (ii) interviews with the relevant WeBS counter; and (iii) site visits. This study provides much more detailed information than is generally available for the BTO collected WeBS data. The roost locations will help to determine whether the activities associated with a proposed plan or project could lead to impacts which have a significant adverse effect upon any given species or assemblage of water bird(s). Full metadata can be viewed on [data.gov.uk].