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Records by Species Group

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Records by Species Group

Species Group	Total Records
Butterflies and Moths	350588
Plants	280786
Birds	241137
Other Invertebrates	159412
Mammals	37530
Reptiles and Amphibians	17380
Fungi, Lichen and Slime Moulds	12462
Fish	7433
Bees, Wasps, Ants and Sawflies	7195

Total Records held for each General Species Group

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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	1187
Consultants	506
Government and Agencies	304344
Individual Voluntary Recorders	343066
Local Conservation Organisations	345088
Museum/Zoo	2064
National Conservation Organisations	7975
National Schemes/Societies/BRC	124044
Other	10597
Other Local Records Centres	17852
Unitary Authorities/NPA	74194

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	79946
BA	Protection of Badgers Act	1	4276
BBNP	Brecon Beacons National Park Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	50795
BDir	EU Birds Directive	-	117505
Bern	The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats	-	104281
BGW	Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	11996
Bonn	The Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals	-	85609
BRG	Bridgend County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	56194
CA	Carmarthenshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	30253
CCWP	CCW Priority Species List	1	880
CDF	Cardiff City Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	4412
CE	Ceredigion County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	24599
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species	-	32595
CLY	Caerphilly County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	18496
CON	Conwy County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	243183
DEN	Denbighshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	86839
EPS	European Protected Species	1	19240
FLI	Flintshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	97001
GWY	Gwynedd County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	179685
HDir	EU Habitats Directive	-	28229
LI[BIS]	Locally Important Species - BIS	-	36872
LI[SEWBReC]	Locally Important Species - SEWBReC	-	34314
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	5968
LI[WWBIC]	Locally Important Species - WWBIC	-	3509
MON	Monmouthshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	19609
MTR	Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	6020
NEW	Newport City Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	5256
NPT	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	2649
PE	Pembrokeshire County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	49893
POW	Powys County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	159036
RCT	Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	43096
RD1	Red Data Book listing based on IUCN guidelines	2	9202
RD2	Red Data Book listing not based on IUCN guidelines	2	13929
S42	Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Section 42)	1	114496
SNP	Snowdonia National Park Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	66006
SWN	Swansea City Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	3243
TRA	Trunk Road Agency Biodiversity Action Plan	-	48997
TRF	Torfaen County Borough Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	42717
UKBAP	UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species	1	103835
VoG	Vale of Glamorgan Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	-	41459
WBAm[RSPB]	Welsh Amber listed birds (not based on IUCN criteria)	2	82856
WBR[RSPB]	Welsh Red listed birds (not based on IUCN criteria)	2	38264
WCA1	Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 1	1	23270
WCA5	Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 5	1	38912
WCA8	Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 8	1	1626
WRE	Wrexham County Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan	3	19070
WVP	IUCN Threat Listing of Welsh Vascular Plants	2	2541

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	147899
Category 2	95254
Category 3	98582
Category 4	772245

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
insect - moth	282829
bird	241137
flowering plant	202737
insect - butterfly	67759
moss	52586
insect - true fly (Diptera)	48280
insect - beetle (Coleoptera)	42929
terrestrial mammal	37169
spider (Araneae)	18087
liverwort	13716
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)	12840
amphibian	12597
insect - true bug (Hemiptera)	9785
fungus	8672
mollusc	8406
insect - hymenopteran	7195
fern	6793
bony fish (Actinopterygii)	6697
reptile	4783
crustacean	4058
lichen	3655
harvestman (Opiliones)	1784
millipede	1485
insect - caddis fly (Trichoptera)	1452
insect - orthopteran	1402
conifer	1345
alga	1227
horsetail	1214
coelenterate (=cnidarian)	1106
insect - lacewing (Neuroptera)	1033
annelid	942
stonewort	847
sponge (Porifera)	810
insect - stonefly (Plecoptera)	802
echinoderm	742
jawless fish (Agnatha)	592
bryozoan	533
acarine (Acari)	481
tunicate (Urochordata)	456
centipede	386
insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera)	369
marine mammal	361
insect - earwig (Dermaptera)	257
clubmoss	218
insect - alderfly (Megaloptera)	181
flatworm (Turbellaria)	180
insect - scorpion fly (Mecoptera)	171
false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones)	148
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)	144
slime mould	127
insect - flea (Siphonaptera)	86
hornwort	58
diatom	46
quillwort	45
rotifer	40
insect - cockroach (Dictyoptera)	37
insect - booklouse (Psocoptera)	27
insect - bristletail (Archaeognatha)	25
roundworm (Nematoda)	23
springtail (Collembola)	15
ribbon worm (Nemertinea)	14
bacterium	10
insect - silverfish (Thysanura)	9
sea spider (Pycnogonida)	8
fungoid	8
horseshoe worm (Phoronida)	5
insect - louse (Phthiraptera)	5
insect - snakefly (Raphidioptera)	4
insect - thrips (Thysanoptera)	2
tapeworm (Cestoda)	2
hairworm (Nematomorpha)	2
comb jelly (Ctenophora)	1
waterbear (Tardigrada)	1
spoon worm (Echiura)	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	7372
Plants	3256
Fungi, Lichen and Slime Moulds	2053
Butterflies and Moths	1790
Bees, Wasps, Ants and Sawflies	612
Birds	441
Fish	142
Mammals	94
Reptiles and Amphibians	32

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)	2513
insect - beetle (Coleoptera)	2283
flowering plant	1988
insect - moth	1712
fungus	1244
lichen	736
moss	697
insect - hymenopteran	612
insect - true bug (Hemiptera)	536
spider (Araneae)	456
bird	441
mollusc	313
crustacean	277
liverwort	242
alga	173
insect - caddis fly (Trichoptera)	130
bony fish (Actinopterygii)	124
annelid	92
coelenterate (=cnidarian)	86
terrestrial mammal	83
insect - butterfly	78
sponge (Porifera)	66
slime mould	66
fern	66
acarine (Acari)	64
echinoderm	50
tunicate (Urochordata)	50
bryozoan	48
insect - lacewing (Neuroptera)	48
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)	41
diatom	40
conifer	39
insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera)	36
millipede	36
insect - stonefly (Plecoptera)	29
centipede	28
harvestman (Opiliones)	25
flatworm (Turbellaria)	24
insect - flea (Siphonaptera)	24
stonewort	24
insect - orthopteran	19
reptile	17
insect - booklouse (Psocoptera)	17
amphibian	15
horsetail	13
false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones)	12
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)	12
rotifer	12
marine mammal	11
bacterium	8
clubmoss	7
fungoid	7
sea spider (Pycnogonida)	7
springtail (Collembola)	7
jawless fish (Agnatha)	6
insect - cockroach (Dictyoptera)	6
hornwort	5
insect - scorpion fly (Mecoptera)	5
insect - louse (Phthiraptera)	4
insect - snakefly (Raphidioptera)	3
insect - earwig (Dermaptera)	3
ribbon worm (Nemertinea)	3
insect - alderfly (Megaloptera)	3
insect - bristletail (Archaeognatha)	3
horseshoe worm (Phoronida)	2
hairworm (Nematomorpha)	2
quillwort	2
insect - silverfish (Thysanura)	2
insect - thrips (Thysanoptera)	2
spoon worm (Echiura)	1
roundworm (Nematoda)	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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