Dataset

Marine Sightings & Miscellaneous species records from Natural resources Wales (NRW), 2008 onwards

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This dataset comprises of ad-hoc records of species recorded by NRW staff outside of the methodology of dedicated research and monitoring surveys. Although any species may be recorded, records are usually made where they are likely to be of interest, such as, rare and scarce species and species outside of their normal range, species that have not previously been recorded in a site etc.

Citation
Marine Sightings & Miscellaneous species records from Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), 2008 onwards. Countryside Council for Wales, UK - UK National Biodiversity Network. https://doi.org/10.15468/8sctas
Published
September 17, 2025 at 09:09
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Contacts

Natural Resources Wales
Natural Resources Wales

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

9
total submitted occurrences
9
accepted occurrences
9
taxa
5
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 1
11.1%
maximumDepthInMeters 9
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 9
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 9
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data