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Land Cover
A range of resources from various sources depicting land cover in Scotland -
Native Woodland Model (2004)
The Potential for Native Woodland in Upland Scotland was created by the Macaulay Institute and Scottish Natural Heritage in 2004. It was developed to assist in the planning of... -
Land Capability Maps
Land capability maps use soil data along with information on other properties, such as climate or landscape, to classify the land for a specific purpose such as the Land... -
National Soils of Scotland
James Hutton Institute data sets contributing or derived from the National Soils of Scotland database. Soil maps display the distribution of different soil types across the land... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Beetle Banks
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Beetle Banks in the... -
Species Richness
Management or Restoration of Hedgerows is a management option available under the Agro-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Plan (SRDP). The... -
Ecosystem services supply - Woodlands
Forests are important part of Scotland’s natural heritage and can provide a number of benefits to people, such as natural flood management. The type of benefits a forest... -
Daily streamflow data from gauge stations on main rivers of Scotland (1947-2017)
Data on daily flow of water from main rivers in Scotland and spatial locations of the stations where the data are captured are presented. These data for several years (1947 to... -
Characterization of surface water isotope spatial patterns of Scotland
National Waters Inventory for Scotland (NWIS) one of the previous work packages projects funded by the Scottish government had main objective of developing protocols for a new... -
Biodiversity
This dataset includes resources displaying proxies of biodiversity Please note that at present this is only available as a web mapping service -
Available Water Capacity
The available water capacity map is based on the 1:250 000 soil map and calculated using data from the Scottish Soils Knowledge and Information Base (SSKIB). The available water... -
Areas of likely high exposure to radon in groundwater drinking water supplies...
The map and data indicate areas in Scotland where there is high likely of exposure to radon in drinking water from groundwater supplies due to underlying rocks layer. The data... -
Adaptive co-management of the Scottish uplands - the role of social networks
The research brief presents findings of the study on how land managers adapt their land management practices to changing policy objectives. The study area was The Cairngorms... -
A model for cost-effectiveness analysis of field scale sediment-bound phospho...
Model for determining cost-effectiveness of farm measures for mitigating diffuse pollution from sediment bound phosphorus runoff from arable farmland. The measure options from... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Retention Of Winter Stubbles For Wildlife & Water Qu...
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the Retention Of Winter Stubbles For... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Wader & Wildlife Mown Grassland
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Wader & Wildlife... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Unharvested Conservation Headlands For Wildlife
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Unharvested... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Wader Grazed Grassland
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Wader Grazed... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Creation of Hedgerows
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Hedgerows in the... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Forage Brassica Crops for Farmland Birds
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Forage Brassica Crops...