Countryside Survey habitat data

Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The Survey has been carried out at regular intervals since 1978. The countryside is sampled and studied using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. Stock and change data for habitats across Great Britain, created from a stratified random survey of up to c. 600 1 km squares on a 15 by 15 km grid is available. Surveys have been carried out in 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. In addition to habitat areas, species plot, soil plot, linear habitat, freshwater habitat and satellite map data are also produced by Countryside Survey.



via DGU - Custom query http://data.gov.uk//dataset/c74ba842-d5a1-4315-b39f-811aef8718d1