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Data provider: The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA), Isle of Man Government

The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture works to protect and enhance the Island’s natural assets within the core principles of environmental, economic and social sustainability; whilst optimising quality of life, international reputation, food production, energy security and outdoor amenity. DEFA works in partnership with all sectors of the Manx Community to protect and enhance the essentials of life – food, air, land and water and to minimise the impact of work activities and food borne and infectious disease on the people who live, work and visit our Island. It has policy responsibility for animal health and welfare, environmental protection, food, farming and fisheries.

Data provider: The Groves Nature Watch Group

An active community group, The Groves, developed a Nature Group and have formally collected records in iNaturalist. Recorded entires are curated and none are accepted without careful validation. Etymology UK and Sorby Natural History Society are used where doubt exists. Botany records are curated by a botanist of 30 years experienced who contributed to the Sheffield Flora. All recorders use CC copyright.

Data provider: The James Hutton Institute

Data provider: The National Longhorn Beetle Recording Scheme

Collating information on the distribution and ecology and promoting the recording of longhorn beetles in Britain and Ireland.

Data provider: The Road Lab UK

The Road Lab (formerly 'Project Splatter') collates date, location and vertebrate species reported as roadkill by members of the public ('citizen scientists') across the UK. Project aims: 1. Collate data on UK wildlife roadkill 2. Determine where and when vertebrate species are observed as roadkill by identifying temporal and spatial hotspots 3. Estimate the impact of roads on UK wildlife 4. Raise awareness of the impact of wildlife roadkill on species conservation through our publications, media output and stakeholder engagement 5. Ultimately, reduce the impact of roads on UK wildlife in collaboration with stakeholders

Data provider: The Rock Pool Project

The overall aim of the Rock Pool Project is to empower us all to improve our relationship with the marine environment by connecting science and education. The project is led by a highly experienced professional marine biologist and an equally experienced primary school teacher, and supported by a talented and enthusiastic volunteer network. We are passionate about bringing the joy of marine wildlife to everyone, in a manner that builds on our collective understanding of our precious Cornish marine natural heritage.

Data provider: The Wildlife Information Centre

TWIC is the biological records centre for the Lothians, Scottish Borders, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire, Stirling and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park that collects, collates and disseminates information about the wildlife in our area. The Centre is a not-for-profit company with charitable status and provides objective, independent wildlife information for people and organisations. TWIC is the focal point for biological recording and is working to increase our knowledge of the land, freshwater and marine wildlife throughout our area. The Centre seeks to hold as comprehensive a record of the wildlife of the area as possible. We have an assumption of open access to these data, unless there is evidence of potential for damage to wildlife resulting from their release. The Centre provides a wide range of data services; we routinely supply data to local authorities for screening planning applications, to consultants for preparing environmental assessments and to conservation bodies for writing management plans. The ongoing development of TWIC and its services is funded by grant aid from Scottish Natural Heritage, service level agreements with City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders Council, Live Borders Trust, Stirling Council and West Lothian Council and income from contract work, projects, contributions from Scottish Wildlife Trust and voluntary contributions.

Data provider: The Wildlife Trusts

Together we have a mission to create Living Landscapes, secure Living Seas and to inspire people to value nature.

Data provider: The Woodland Trust

Our vision is a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. Trees and woods filter our air, cool our cities, purify our water and enrich our soil. Yet the damage done to them has now reached catastrophic levels, and our plant and animal species are declining at an alarming rate. We are the country’s largest woodland conservation charity with over 500,000 members and supporters and more than 1,000 sites, covering over 26,000 hectares, all over the UK. We're standing up for woods and trees. We protect and campaign, plant trees, and restore ancient woodland for the benefit of wildlife and people.

Data provider: Three Hagges Woodmeadow

Three Hagges Woodmeadow is Plantlife’s newest reserve, building on the work started by the former Woodmeadow Trust and the local community to safeguard the space for wild plants and fungi to thrive. Three Hagges’ name dates back to 1600, with ‘Hagges’ coming from the Old Norse name for a portion of woodland marked off for cutting or coppicing. Since 2012, the site has been nurtured by the local community with wildflower seed sown and 25 acres of 10,000 trees and shrubs planted, creating a patchwork of coppice and meadow. The reserve has grown around the volunteers and community who have cared for it. The ‘Bodger’s Den’, a shelter built using natural materials with a fire pit at its centre, is a communal space for working and gathering. Visitors will also find a volunteer-made bee hotel on the site, which provides a home for the many solitary bees and wasps which are attracted by the wild plants on the reserve. Three Hagges Woodmeadow is mosaic of woodlands, copse and wildflower meadows, including a lowland wet meadow and a lowland dry meadow, and a pond. In the Peterken Meadow, a lowland wet meadow, Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus uliginosus and Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi bloom in the summer months, and in the lowland dry meadow Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra and Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare can be found alongside Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum. Planted by the community, the Jubilee Woodland is filled with Common Alder Alnus glutinosa, Downy Birch Betula pubescens, Hazel and Oak. The Felix, Bones and Sessile Copse are mixed species woodlands, featuring native trees such as Small Leaved Lime Tilia cordata, English Oak Quercus robur, Hazel Corylus avellana and Sessile Oak Quercus petraea. The Orchard is filled with fruiting trees, providing food and shelter for wildlife and wild plants alike. Blackthorn Prunus spinosa, Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata, Rowan Sorbus aucuparia and Wild cherry Prunus avium all grow here. The King’s Orchard was planted in 2022, expanding the area of fruit trees to include Apple Malus domestica, Gage Prunus domestica and many others.

Data provider: Tweed Forum

Tackling invasive plant species across the Tweed Catchment since 2002

Data provider: UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme

Monitoring the status of butterflies across the UK since 1976

Data provider: UK Cranefly Recording Scheme

The UK Cranefly Recording Scheme promotes the study and recording of the Tipuloidea (Cranefly families; Tipulidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, and Cylindrotomidae. Addition to this are the groups Trichoceridae (winter gnats) and Ptychopteridae (fold-winged craneflies). It was formed in 1973 by Alan Stubbs and is allied to the Dipterists Forum.

Data provider: University of Barcelona (Spain)

Data provider: University of Reading

Data provider: Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording Scheme

The Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording Scheme promotes the study, enjoyment, and conservation of weevils and bark beetles. The Scheme collates and validates biological records of these species and encourages their recording, especially through iRecord.

Data provider: Welsh Government

Data provider: West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre

Data provider: Whale and Dolphin Conservation

WDC Shorewatch collects on-effort cetacean sightings data from land-based sites around Scotland. Data is collected by trained volunteers from within local communities.

Data provider: Wild Surveys

Wild Surveys is an ecological consultancy based in central Scotland, providing ecological and environmental services and support across the country. Our skills and experience cover a range of protected species and habitats. Our clients are typically developers, contractors, architects, planning consultants, project managers and householders who require ecological assistance with planning applications, demolitions and construction. We provide a highly professional service based on extensive knowledge and experience of Scotland’s flora and fauna, and we give particular regard to the needs of our clients within the legislative framework. We aim to provide practical and cost effective ecological solutions.