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GeMS - Scottish Priority Marine Features (PMF)
Collation of species / habitat records contributing to the Geodatabase of Marine features adjacent to Scotland (GeMS). Records are attributed as to their qualification as... -
Site of Special Scientific Interest (Scotland)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are those areas of land and water (to the seaward limits of local authority areas or MLWS) that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)... -
Nature30 Site Boundaries
Nature30 sites are a form of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measure (OECM), and are a non-statutory, bottom-up approach to conserving land to benefit biodiversity.... -
30by30 - Big Biodiversity Layer One
This is the first heat map for the Big Biodiversity Layer. This heat map corresponds to the OECM biodiversity value "Rare, threatened or endangered species and habitats, and the... -
National Record of the Historic Environment (Scotland): NRHE Areas
Defining Scotland’s Places (DSP) aims to define the known extent of the archaeological sites and monuments in the National Record of the Historic Environment at Historic... -
Marine Planning Zones
Marine Planning Zones are defined in the Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Order 2007. The Zones designate marine areas for which planning authorities... -
Peatland ACTION Completed restoration project site centroids
Completed restoration projects centroids in PeatlandAction refers to the geographic centroid of peatland restoration projects that have been completed. These footprints are... -
Peatland ACTION Feasibility study centroids
Distribution of completed Feasibility Study projects sites since 2013. Distribution of completed Feasibility Study projects sites since 2013. Each point represents the centroid... -
Peatland ACTION Completed restoration footprints
Completed restoration projects footprint in PeatlandAction refers to the geographic extent of peatland restoration projects that have been completed. These footprints are... -
Peatland ACTION Feasibility study polygons
Distribution of feasibility study projects funded by Peatland ACTION. The dataset shows boundaries on the sites (when the polygon geometry is available). Distribution of... -
Peatland ACTION - Peat depth / Condition
NatureScot (NS) has prepared a consolidated spatial dataset of peat depth measurement collected across Scotland. The information was collected during peat depth surveys... -
Grassland Fungi Mapping Database for Scotland
This database and mapping tool was produced to allow the identification of sites important to this incredibly diverse range of grassland fungal species for which Scotland is... -
Shellfish Water Protected Areas PUBLIC
Shellfish Water Protected Areas came into force on 22/12/13 comprising 85 areas defined by The Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas - Designation) (Scotland) Order... -
Shellfish Water Protected Areas PUBLIC
Shellfish Water Protected Areas came into force on 22/12/13 comprising 85 areas defined by The Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas - Designation) (Scotland) Order... -
Muirburn Peatland Map
NatureScot has prepared a spatial dataset to be used in muirburn license applications. This dataset visualises the extent of land that may be classified 'peatland', as defined... -
Scotland Habitat and Land Cover Map - 2020
Habitat and land cover maps created using AI to classify satellite data to EUNIS level 2 by Space Intelligence in partnership with NatureScot. This work was a response to the... -
Scotland Habitat and Land Cover Map - 2022
Habitat and land cover map created using AI to classify satellite data to EUNIS by Space Intelligence in partnership with NatureScot. This dataset contains three layers: - A... -
Extreme drought frequency and duration modelling
Collection of raster layers depicting the results of the Drought prediction and estimation research performed by NatureScot. For details please find: - Kirkpatrick Baird, F.,... -
Deer Management Group boundaries
Boundary of all Deer Management Groups in Scotland. Voluntary Deer Management Groups (DMGs) cover most of Scotland’s upland red deer range and adjacent land. Managing herds of... -
1:50,000 Land Capability for Agriculture
The Land Capability Classification for Agriculture has as its objective the presentation of detailed information on soil, climate and relief in a form which will be of value to...