Resources for Recorders

Taxonomy

... on the Taxonomy page.

Recording Cards

Now updated to Stace 3 names... at the bottom of this page.

The Recording Strategy covers subjects such as what size of recording unit to use and when the next Atlas will be produced.

>> Recording Strategy 2013 (pdf)

>> Sampling Guidance (pdf)

Taxon designations

The latest official list of conservation statuses for all UK plants...

>> Download here (xlsx 3.5 MB)

>> 2005 Red List (with changes to 2010)

>> Nationally Rare & Scarce (xlsx 61 KB)

County Checklists

Follow this link for County Checklists generated from the Maps Scheme database and used by County Recorders for spotting errors.

Vice county census catalogue

Visit the Vice County Census Catalogue web database to find out which species is recorded in each county.

Making specimens

Guidelines for preparing herbarium specimens, originally produced by Arthur Chater for the New Atlas project, are available for downloading here (pdf 501kb).

 

Recording

Mapmate Help

>> Visit the BSBI Mapmate Support web site.

>> Counting records and species by hectad in a date class.

>> Adding date classes.

>> How to create a new query.

>> How to include the determiner in a standard report.

>> How to report on all records for a 1km square.

>> Browse records of hybrids in a year.

>> Data entry suggestions from the Scottish computerisation project.

>> Taxon Validations.

>> Brian Pitkin’s instructions on analysing a database by each 1 km square.

Please email Bob Ellis if you have any questions or suggestions (members only please - anyone else should visit the Mapmate web site for support).

 

Big Database Help

>> A video by Quentin Groom on producing a custom map


Vice county maps

>> a splendid web site for VC maps, altitudes, etc.

>> or try the BRC website.

Other handy things...

>> NJB Record submission table 2013

>> Vice county areas

>> VCRs Annual Report Form

>> Back issues of BSBI Recorder

>> Using Get-a-Map.

>> Vice County Census Catalogue

 

Recording Cards

Each card is a pdf of about 15kb. They are customised to include only those species that occur in each county and are not too rare.) Here’s the Coversheet (modified for date class 5)

England

Wales

Ireland

vc 1, West Cornwall

vc 35, Monmouthshire

H1, South Kerry

vc 2, East Cornwall

vc 41, Glamorgan

H2, North Kerry

vc 3, South Devon

vc 42, Breconshire

H3, West Cork

vc 4, North Devon

vc 43, Radnorshire

H4, Mid Cork

vc 5, South Somerset

vc 44, Carmarthenshire

H5, East Cork

vc 6, North Somerset

vc 45, Pembrokeshire

H6, Co. Waterford

vc 7, North Wiltshire

vc 46, Cardiganshire

H7, South Tipperary

vc 8, South Wiltshire

vc 47, Montgomeryshire

H8, Co. Limerick

vc 9, Dorset

vc 48, Merionethshire

H9, Co. Clare

vc 10, Isle of Wight

vc 49, Caernarvonshire

H10, North Tipperary

vc 11, South Hampshire

vc 50, Denbighshire

H11, Co. Kilkenny

vc 12, North Hampshire

vc 51, Flintshire

H12, Co. Wexford

vc 13, West Sussex

vc 52, Anglesey

H13, Co. Carlow

vc 14, East Sussex

 

H14, Laois

vc 15, East Kent

Scotland

H15, South-east Galway

vc 16, West Kent

vc 72, Dumfriesshire

H16, West Galway

vc 17, Surrey

vc 73, Kirkcudbrightshire

H17, North-east Galway

vc 18, South Essex

vc 74, Wigtownshire

H18, Offaly

vc 19, North Essex

vc 75, Ayrshire

H19, Co. Kildare

vc 20, Hertfordshire

vc 76, Renfrewshire

H20, Co. Wicklow

vc 21, Middlesex

vc 77, Lanarkshire

H21, Co. Dublin

vc 22, Berkshire

vc 78, Peeblesshire

H22, Meath

vc 23, Oxfordshire

vc 79, Selkirkshire

H23, Westmeath

vc 24, Buckinghamshire

vc 80, Roxburghshire

H24, Co. Longford

vc 25, East Suffolk

vc 81, Berwickshire

H25, Co. Roscommon

vc 26, West Suffolk

vc 82, East Lothian

H26, East Mayo

vc 27, East Norfolk

vc 83, Midlothian

H27, West Mayo

vc 28, West Norfolk

vc 84, West Lothian

H28, Co. Sligo

vc 29, Cambridgeshire

vc 85, Fife & Kinross

H29, Co. Leitrim

vc 30, Bedfordshire

vc 86, Stirlingshire

H30, Co. Cavan

vc 31, Huntingdonshire

vc 87, West Perthshire

H31, Co. Louth

vc 32, Northamptonshire

vc 88, Mid Perthshire

H32, Co. Monaghan

vc 33, East Gloucestershire

vc 89, East Perthshire

H33, Fermanagh

vc 34, West Gloucestershire

vc 90, Angus

H34, East Donegal

vc 36, Herefordshire

vc 91, Kincardineshire

H35, West Donegal

vc 37, Worcestershire

vc 92, South Aberdeenshire

H36, Tyrone

vc 38, Warwickshire

vc 93, North Aberdeenshire

H37, Co. Armagh

vc 39, Staffordshire

vc 94, Banffshire

H38, Co. Down

vc 40, Shropshire

vc 95, Moray

H39, Co. Antrim

vc 53, South Lincolnshire

vc 96, Easterness

H40, Co. Londonderry

vc 54, North Lincolnshire

vc 97, Westerness

 

vc 55, Leicestershire

vc 98, Main Argyll

 

vc 56, Nottinghamshire

vc 99, Dunbarton

 

vc 57, Derbyshire

vc 100, Clyde Islands

 

vc 58, Cheshire

vc 101, Kintyre

 

vc 59, South Lancashire

vc 102, South Ebudes

 

vc 60, West Lancashire

vc 103, Mid Ebudes

 

vc 61, South-east Yorkshire

vc 104, North Ebudes

 

vc 62, North-east Yorkshire

vc 105, West Ross

 

vc 63, South-west Yorkshire

vc 106, East Ross

 

vc 64, Mid-west Yorkshire

vc 107, East Sutherland

 

vc 65, North-west Yorkshire

vc 108, West Sutherland

 

vc 66, Co Durham

vc 109, Caithness

 

vc 67, S. Northumberland

vc 110, Outer Hebrides

 

vc 68, N. Northumberland

vc 111, Orkney

 

vc 69, Westmorland

vc 112, Shetland

 

vc 70, Cumberland

vc 114, Scilly