Bird Conservation Targeting Project (BCTP) in the UK, archived data (2001-2010)

The Bird Conservation Targeting Project (BCTP) produces breeding distribution maps for a suite of rare and declining farmland and woodland birds. The maps can be used to guide the prescription of land management advice based on the species already breeding in an area, or for allocating funding towards sites known to be important for birds. The data cover a 5-year period, and are up-dated annually. Data are collated a wide range of sources to produce the most comprehensive maps possible. The data are displayed as presence-only records. Absence of a record does not necessarily indicate a true absence record, as there may be no data available. Data compiled in different years should not be used to analyse trends, as the amount of data available to the project varied from year to year.
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BCTP outputs were first produced in England in 2004, in Wales and Northern Ireland in 2008, and in Scotland in 2009. This dataset contains the non-sensitive records from 2001 - 2010, which were compiled in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. These are archived data. For targeting purposes, the current data (available in a separate dataset) should be used. The sensitive records are in a separate dataset on the NBN.
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The species selection varies in each country. There are non-sensitive records for 30 species in England, 26 species in Scotland, 19 species in Northern Ireland, and 10 species in Wales.
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The BCTP is a partnership between the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording (CEDaR), the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Forestry Commission England (FCE), Forestry Commission Wales (FCW), Forest Service (FS), Natural England (NE), Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The BCTP partners are grateful to the contributions of the data providers listed at www.rspb.org.uk/targeting.