Mammal records for Dumfries and Galloway
Citation
South West Scotland Environmental Information Centre (formerly DGERC) (2023). Mammal records for Dumfries and Galloway. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/oirkpx accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.Description
Records of mammals held in custodianship by DGERC.
Purpose
Data collected to inform the local status, abundance and distribution of mammals.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
The data have been checked and verified as far as is reasonably possible.Method steps
- The records originate from a variety of sources, including site surveys and ad-hoc records from the public.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The dataset primarily covers the county of Dumfries and Galloway (vice-counties 72 Dumfriesshire, 73 Kirkcudbrightshire and 74 Wigtownshire) there are a small number of records from neighbouring counties. The majority of records are captured at 6-figure resolution, however, records at a higher and lower resolution also occur. Geographical coverage of the records is likely to reflect recording effort rather than actual species distribution.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorSouth West Scotland Environmental Information Centre (formerly DGERC)
metadata author
South West Scotland Environmental Information Centre (formerly DGERC)
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Mark Pollitt
administrative point of contact
email: mpollitt@swseic.org.uk