Data Searches

• Species
• Sites
• Habitats

Search area

Searches are made around a defined site boundary, linear feature, or a central grid reference. The typical search radius is 1 km, but other distances can be requested.

• Where a site boundary is supplied separate searches are made for the site and the buffer area, if appropriate.
• The boundary must be either marked clearly on a map or supplied as a GIS polygon. Only for designated sites and SWT reserves is this not required.

Requests for searches encompassing the whole county, districts or other large geographic areas are dealt with on a case by case basis.

• Normally such datasets are only supplied to partners or other organisations with current service level agreements.
• We can, however, give recorders and researchers access to countywide datasets for single species or taxonomic groups, at our discretion and with the consent of our data suppliers.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Search Results

The results from data searches come as site reports, tables of records, and maps.

The results are returned via email, normally as either PDFs or Excel worksheets. Copies of data in GIS format are usually only available to partners and other service level agreement holders, or to their contractors for certain projects. Copies on paper or CD can be supplied, but this may incur a charge to cover additional costs.

Please contact us to discuss non-standard output options.