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LANDMAP Landscape Habitats

LANDMAP is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a...

Assessing Welsh Aquaculture Activities

The two AWAA Interactions Spreadsheets in Excel present the potential sensitivity of biotopes (components of habitats) and species (designated within MPAs, SSSIs or included within the Environment...

LANDMAP Landscape Habitats

LANDMAP is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a...

Habitats Directive: Article 17 Terrestrial Habitat Features

The Habitats Directive Article 17 reporting maps are a snapshot of the most up to date spatial data for features listed on the various Annexes of the Directive at the time of reporting. They...

Zooplankton analysis

Plankton samples were collected from during a sandbank survey at nine sites in four Candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSAC) using a plankton net positioned above a beam trawl. The...

Working with Natural Processes (WWNP) in Wales: Woodland Constraints

This dataset comprises a range of land cover types where the woodland potential layers have been masked, owing to existing woodland, watercourses, peat, roads, rail and urban areas. Other...

Tranquil Areas Wales

This data collation is made up of two datasets showing tranquil areas across Wales for 1997 and 2009. A map of the land of Wales, graded to show levels of Tranquillity. It results from combining...

Water Framework Directive (WFD) Regulations Cycle 3 Classification

This dataset shows the boundaries and baseline classification, undertaken in 2021, for The Water Framework Directive (WFD) Cycle 3. It is an update in classification for all water bodies in Wales...

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 2

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts (RBD) is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework...

Phase 2 Lowland Grassland Survey of Wales

This project comprised of a detailed survey of plant communities in semi-natural lowland grassland vegetation across Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to characterise the...

Bathing Water Quality at Designated Beaches

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) monitors bathing water sites identified under EC Bathing Waters Directive 2006/7/EC in Wales. Samples are taken throughout the bathing season from May to the end of...

Flood Alert Areas

Flood Alert Areas are geographical areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers or the sea. A single Flood Alert Area may cover the floodplain within the Flood Warning...

Special Protection Areas (SPA)

This spatial dataset contains the digital boundaries of all Spatial Protection Areas (SPAs) in Wales. The EC Birds Directive of 1979 requires member states to establish SPAs to conserve the...

Working with Natural Processes (WWNP) in Wales: Floodplain Woodland Planting Potential

Working with Natural Processes (WWNP) Floodplain Woodland Planting Potential is our best estimate of locations where tree planting on the floodplain may be possible, and effective to...

National Peatland Action Programme (NPAP) - Water Vole and Otter Records

This data shows evidence of water vole and otter activity in point data form. Surveys have been undertaken by our contractor to inform National Peatland Action Programme approaches to peatland...

Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) Sensitive Areas - Nitrates

This dataset is a shapefile showing the extent of Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) (UWWTD) sensitive areas (nitrate). The Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC)...

Llyn Horse Mussel Multibeam Echosounder Survey data 2024

This data is from the 2024 Llyn Horse Mussel (Modiolus modiolus) Multibeam Echosounder Survey (MBES). The work was carried out by Binnies/Hydrofix funded by Nature Networks as part of an...

Environmental Permitting Regulations - Industrial Sites

The Environmental Permitting Regulations, amongst other things, implement the IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive (EC/61/96) in England and Wales. Facilities...

Modelling of Habitat Networks for Welsh Woodlands, Grasslands, Heathlands, Bogs and Fens

There is a growing emphasis on ecological connectivity in planning for effective biodiversity conservation and building ecosystem resilience. A major part of this is to counteract the...

Areas Affecting Bathing Waters

This spatial dataset comprises of a polygon relating to each site identified under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC). These sites are drawn as a simple guide to aid the work of Natural...