Datasets

• 2017-2018 Jon Ford Environmental Consultancy Kentish Flats Extension...

  This report presents the results of the bird monitoring programme that has been undertaken between October 2017 and March 2018, and summarises the overall results from that...

• UK Benthic Marine Animal Reference Image Dataset in SMaRTaR-ID format

  A set of reference images for UK benthic marine taxa created by merging individual project reference image guides into a single reference image collection. This was a rapid...

• 2023 Balearic Shearwater Monitoring Survey Data

  This dataset contains survey data collected in 2023 as part of the Balearic Shearwater monitoring project, which delivers data on the UK’s at-sea non-breeding Balearic...

• Balearic Shearwater Monitoring Survey Data

  This project delivers data on the UK’s at-sea non-breeding Balearic shearwater population. Funding from the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystems Assessment (mNCEA) programme...

• 2022-2024 Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) England Survey Data

  Data from Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) surveys completed in England between 2022 and 2024, funded by the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme....

• Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) England Survey Data

  Data from Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) surveys completed in England, funded by the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. VSAS is a citizen...

• 2024 Balearic Shearwater Monitoring Survey Data

  This dataset contains survey data collected in 2024 as part of the Balearic Shearwater monitoring project, which delivers data on the UK’s at-sea non-breeding Balearic...

• 2025 Bangor University Bycatch in Welsh Static Net Fisheries Observer Data

  This Fisheries Industry Science Partnership project was a collaboration between Bangor University, Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Fisherman's Association, to assess...

• 2023 University of Plymouth Ropes to Reefs EK80, CTD, Plankton and Video...

  Hydroacoustic survey using a wideband EK80 at 38 and 120 kHz at the Offshore Shellfish mussel farm site 2 in Lyme Bay. The aim of the survey was to assess the relationship...

• University of Plymouth Ropes to Reefs Project 2023_24

  The Defra funded FISP Project Ropes to Reefs assesses the ecological and fisheries impacts of offshore aquaculture, notably the Offshore Shellfish Ltd mussel farm in Lyme Bay....

• 2006 Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Applications Ltd Fal Eelgrass bed drop...

  The primary purpose of the survey was to delineate the extent of the seagrass (Zostera spp.) bed in St Mawes Harbour. The secondary purpose was to collect images from around...

• Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) UK aerial surveys of harbour seals (Phoca...

  The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) conducts an ongoing programme of aerial surveys along the English and Scottish coastlines during the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) summer...

• 2022-2023, RSPB, Marine Characterisation Research Project, Guillemot and...

  The inshore waters around South Stack breeding seabird colony are the site of a tidal stream power development. Impacts on biodiversity are possible and baseline monitoring has...

• 2012 Nall et al. Scotland records of Bonnemaisonia hamifera, Crassostrea,...

  A collection of Non-Native Species sightings from Christopher Nall. The species listed are Bonnemaisonia hamifera, Crassostrea (Magallana gigas), Crepidula fornicata, Diadumene...

• 2022-2025 Pollack FISP catch and size records from recreational charter vessels

  The data comprises the size, catch and effort data of pollack (Pollachius pollachius) captures from 14 recreational charter boats based in ICES sea area viie from April 2022-...

• 2014 Marine Biological Association (MBA) Wembury Devon Crab Survey

  Targeted search for species of crab conducted by the Marine Biological Association at Wembury Bay.

• 2015 - 2017 Community Seagrass Initiative (CSI) South Coast Cornwall, Devon...

  The Community Seagrass Initiative is a citizen science lead monitoring programme. It focusses on sub-tidal seagrass beds in the South West of England between Looe in Cornwall...

• 2003 Royal Haskoning Ltd Fal Estuary marine ecological grab and core survey

  Survey commissioned by the Falmouth Harbour Commission to determine whether maerl extraction is having an effect on the infaunal communities of the maerl beds within the Fal...

• 2018 Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Yealm Bioblitz

  On 13/07/18 and 14/07/18 members of the public ranging from experienced taxonomists to school children took part in a 24 hour survey of the wildlife in the Yealm Estuary.

• 2021 Okeanos Casablanca fishing port Morocco Rhincodon typus bycatch sighting

  In February 2021 a whale shark was observed to be caught as bycatch by a bottom trawler at Casablanca fishing port, Morocco. The species was first identified in a photo posted...