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Records by Species Group

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Records by Species Group

Species Group	Total Records
Butterflies and Moths	400132
Birds	335907
Plants	312066
Other Invertebrates	164704
Mammals	40556
Reptiles and Amphibians	20713
Fungi, Lichen and Slime Moulds	15287
Fish	7466
Bees, Wasps, Ants and Sawflies	7426

Total Records held for each General Species Group

Records by
Species Group

Records by Date Range

Records by Data Supplier

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Records by Data Supplier

Data Supplier	Total Records
Academic/Research Institutions	1755
Consultants	1336
Government and Agencies	321270
Individual Voluntary Recorders	412330
Local Conservation Organisations	453515
Museum/Zoo	2064
National Conservation Organisations	13126
National Schemes/Societies/BRC	152543
Other	12104
Other Local Records Centres	17851
Unitary Authorities/NPA	87828

Total Records held for each type of Data Supplier

Records by Data Supplier

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Records by Designation

Abbreviation	List Name	Category	Total Records
ANG	Anglesey County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	97004
BA	Protection of Badgers Act	1	4318
BBNP	Brecon Beacons National Park Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	63345
BDir	EU Birds Directive	-	152070
Bern	The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats	-	142469
BGW	Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	13227
Bonn	The Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals	-	109179
BRG	Bridgend County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	74072
CA	Carmarthenshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	36099
CCWP	CCW Priority Species List	1	941
CDF	Cardiff City Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	6650
CE	Ceredigion County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	30817
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species	-	41103
CLY	Caerphilly County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	19531
CON	Conwy County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	320800
DEN	Denbighshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	107759
EPS	European Protected Species	1	21495
FLI	Flintshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	120533
GWY	Gwynedd County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	222251
HDir	EU Habitats Directive	-	31625
LI[BIS]	Locally Important Species - BIS	-	42835
LI[SEWBReC]	Locally Important Species - SEWBReC	-	40390
LI[VC48]	Locally Important Species - Meirionethshire	3	0
LI[VC49]	Locally Important Species - Caernarfonshire	3	0
LI[VC50]	Locally Important Species - Denbighshire	3	0
LI[VC51]	Locally Important Species - Flintshire	3	0
LI[VC52]	Locally Important Species - Anglesey	3	6364
LI[WWBIC]	Locally Important Species - WWBIC	-	3825
MON	Monmouthshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	22208
MTR	Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	6873
NEW	Newport City Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	5983
NPT	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	2875
PE	Pembrokeshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	62104
POW	Powys County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	213185
RCT	Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	50944
RD1	Red Data Book listing based on IUCN guidelines	2	9584
RD2	Red Data Book listing not based on IUCN guidelines	2	14707
S42	Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Section 42)	1	136241
SNP	Snowdonia National Park Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	80696
SWN	Swansea City Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	3914
TRA	Trunk Road Agency Biodiversity Action Plan	-	56512
TRF	Torfaen County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	52587
UKBAP	UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species	1	124094
VoG	Vale of Glamorgan Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	55443
WBAm[RSPB]	Welsh Amber listed birds (not based on IUCN criteria)	2	110186
WBR[RSPB]	Welsh Red listed birds (not based on IUCN criteria)	2	50499
WCA1	Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 1	1	30715
WCA5	Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 5	1	44853
WCA8	Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 8	1	1708
WRE	Wrexham County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	21263
WVP	IUCN Threat Listing of Welsh Vascular Plants	2	2704

Total Records held for each of the Designations we use

Records by
Designation

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Records by Category

Category	Total Records
Category 1	176983
Category 2	122744
Category 3	131277
Category 4	873310

Total Records held for each of the four categories we use to divide our records

Category 1: Species with European and/or UK Legal Protection, Section 42 [NERC] Species or UK BAP Priority Species
Category 2: Global Red List, British Red Data Book, Nationally Rare & Scarce,
Welsh Red and Amber Birds & Welsh Vascular Plant Red Data List, where these are not identified under Category 1
Category 3: LBAP Species and Locally Important Species as specified by local experts, where these are not identified under Categories 1 or 2
Category 4: All other species not identified under Categories 1, 2 or 3

Records by
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Records by NBN Species Group

Species Group	Total Records
bird	335907
insect - moth	300740
flowering plant	224483
insect - butterfly	99392
moss	59503
insect - true fly (Diptera)	49477
insect - beetle (Coleoptera)	45042
terrestrial mammal	40034
spider (Araneae)	18654
liverwort	15521
amphibian	14257
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)	13350
insect - true bug (Hemiptera)	10107
fungus	9075
mollusc	8539
insect - hymenopteran	7426
fern	7325
bony fish (Actinopterygii)	6726
reptile	6456
lichen	6062
crustacean	4189
harvestman (Opiliones)	1829
insect - caddis fly (Trichoptera)	1504
millipede	1489
insect - orthopteran	1437
conifer	1429
horsetail	1334
coelenterate (=cnidarian)	1125
insect - lacewing (Neuroptera)	1059
annelid	964
stonewort	848
insect - stonefly (Plecoptera)	836
sponge (Porifera)	814
alga	813
echinoderm	748
jawless fish (Agnatha)	593
bryozoan	536
marine mammal	522
acarine (Acari)	483
chromist	477
tunicate (Urochordata)	457
centipede	401
insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera)	373
insect - earwig (Dermaptera)	262
clubmoss	228
flatworm (Turbellaria)	191
insect - alderfly (Megaloptera)	184
insect - scorpion fly (Mecoptera)	179
false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones)	157
slime mould	150
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)	147
insect - flea (Siphonaptera)	86
hornwort	59
diatom	46
quillwort	46
rotifer	40
insect - cockroach (Dictyoptera)	37
insect - booklouse (Psocoptera)	29
insect - bristletail (Archaeognatha)	25
roundworm (Nematoda)	23
springtail (Collembola)	16
ribbon worm (Nemertinea)	14
insect - silverfish (Thysanura)	10
bacterium	10
sea spider (Pycnogonida)	9
fungoid	8
horseshoe worm (Phoronida)	5
protozoan	5
insect - louse (Phthiraptera)	5
insect - snakefly (Raphidioptera)	4
insect - thrips (Thysanoptera)	2
tapeworm (Cestoda)	2
hairworm (Nematomorpha)	2
comb jelly (Ctenophora)	2
spoon worm (Echiura)	1
waterbear (Tardigrada)	1

Total Records held for each Detailed Species Group, as defined by the NBN

Records by
NBN Species Group

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Unique Species by Species Group

Species Group	Total Species
Other Invertebrates	7495
Plants	3318
Fungi, Lichen and Slime Moulds	2231
Butterflies and Moths	1796
Bees, Wasps, Ants and Sawflies	630
Birds	460
Fish	142
Mammals	93
Reptiles and Amphibians	31

Total different species where one or more records are held, for each General Species Group

Unique Species by
Species Group

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Unique Species by NBN Species Group

Species Group	Total Species
insect - true fly (Diptera)	2560
insect - beetle (Coleoptera)	2315
flowering plant	2023
insect - moth	1721
fungus	1301
lichen	860
moss	708
insect - hymenopteran	630
insect - true bug (Hemiptera)	549
bird	460
spider (Araneae)	459
mollusc	320
crustacean	281
liverwort	249
insect - caddis fly (Trichoptera)	133
alga	127
bony fish (Actinopterygii)	124
annelid	93
coelenterate (=cnidarian)	86
terrestrial mammal	82
insect - butterfly	75
slime mould	72
fern	67
sponge (Porifera)	66
acarine (Acari)	65
chromist	55
echinoderm	51
tunicate (Urochordata)	50
bryozoan	48
insect - lacewing (Neuroptera)	48
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)	41
diatom	40
conifer	38
insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera)	38
millipede	36
insect - stonefly (Plecoptera)	29
centipede	28
harvestman (Opiliones)	25
flatworm (Turbellaria)	25
insect - flea (Siphonaptera)	24
stonewort	24
insect - orthopteran	19
insect - booklouse (Psocoptera)	18
reptile	16
amphibian	15
horsetail	13
false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones)	12
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)	12
rotifer	12
marine mammal	11
sea spider (Pycnogonida)	8
bacterium	8
clubmoss	7
fungoid	7
springtail (Collembola)	7
jawless fish (Agnatha)	6
insect - cockroach (Dictyoptera)	6
insect - scorpion fly (Mecoptera)	5
protozoan	5
hornwort	5
insect - alderfly (Megaloptera)	4
insect - louse (Phthiraptera)	4
insect - earwig (Dermaptera)	3
insect - snakefly (Raphidioptera)	3
ribbon worm (Nemertinea)	3
insect - bristletail (Archaeognatha)	3
horseshoe worm (Phoronida)	2
hairworm (Nematomorpha)	2
quillwort	2
insect - thrips (Thysanoptera)	2
insect - silverfish (Thysanura)	2
roundworm (Nematoda)	1
spoon worm (Echiura)	1
comb jelly (Ctenophora)	1
tapeworm (Cestoda)	1
waterbear (Tardigrada)	1

Total different species where one or more records are held, for each Detailed Species Group, as defined by the NBN

Unique Species by
NBN Species Group

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Protected & Priority Species Map

Distribution Map of all Category 1 Species held

Category 1: Species with European and/or UK Legal Protection, Section 42 [NERC] Species or UK BAP Priority Species

Protected & Priority
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