65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:02 UK GEMINI 2.3 GB place names Biodiversity and environmental conditions along public walking routes in three UK towns (Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes), 2014 2023-04-28 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 10.5285/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 doi: Norton, B.A., Mears, M., Warren, P.H., Siriwardena, G.M., Plummer, K.E., Turner, T., Hancock, S., Grafius, D.R., Evans, K.L. (2023). Biodiversity and environmental conditions along public walking routes in three UK towns (Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes), 2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 The data describe a set of field surveys to assess conditions along public walking routes. A spectrum of urban forms was identified in the towns of Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, in the UK. A sample of these were surveyed on foot to measure biodiversity and environmental conditions during the day. These were supplemented with landscape-scale remotely sensed data characterising the surrounding landscape. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 Norton, B.A. University of Sheffield briony.a.norton@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9354-5904 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Mears, M. University of Sheffield meghann.mears@googlemail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9947-0349 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Warren, P.H. University of Sheffield p.warren@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-0886 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Siriwardena, G.M. British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) gavin.siriwardena@bto.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-1186 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Plummer, K.E. British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) kate.plummer@bto.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-4505 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Turner, T. University of Sheffield tim_turner_64@yahoo.co.uk author Hancock, S. University of Exeter steven.hancock@ed.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5659-6964 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Grafius, D.R. Cranfield University dgrafius@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-4993 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Evans, K.L. University of Sheffield karl.evans@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-8072 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Norton, B. University of Sheffield briony.a.norton@gmail.com pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher University of Sheffield briony.a.norton@gmail.com owner Cranfield University briony.a.norton@gmail.com owner British Trust for Ornithology briony.a.norton@gmail.com owner University of Exeter briony.a.norton@gmail.com owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication temperature tree butterfly bird noise atmospheric particulate urban area GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Luton Bedford United Kingdom Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Milton Keyes F3UES BESS UrbanBess Particulate matter Transect Point count Pollard walk Walking route Public right of way otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Norton, B.A., Mears, M., Warren, P.H., Siriwardena, G.M., Plummer, K.E., Turner, T., Hancock, S., Grafius, D.R., Evans, K.L. (2023). Biodiversity and environmental conditions along public walking routes in three UK towns (Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes), 2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 textTable vector 100 English utf8 biota environment 2014-05-01 2014-09-30 -1.064 0.306 51.648 52.453 Comma-separated values (CSV) Shapefile NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/65b23264-2991-4ce2-83e7-7729a3947d75.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The data were collected between May and September 2014 in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, UK. A subset of 500m x 500m survey tiles (n = 109) were selected from across the three towns using a stratified sampling design. Transect routes of 700m were established in each survey tile. Butterfly visual surveys (species and abundance) were undertaken along the routes using the Pollard Walk. Trees species and abundance were recorded at eight 10-m radius survey points at 100-m intervals along the transect. Bird surveys (two 10-minute counts) were conducted at four publicly accessible points in each tile. Environmental data were collected using instruments mounted on aluminium backpack frames, carried by a field surveyor. A particulate matter counter (Dylos DC1700) recorded continuously along the transect. A separate backpack carried an Optimus Red Sound Level Meter and two ibuttons. At the eight survey points along the route, plus two additional points per route, these recorded LAeq and temperature, respectively. Measures of the surrounding environment (road density, distance from urban edge, impervious surface cover, percent industrial land use, foliage height diversity, median patch size, residential garden cover, Index of Multiple Deprivation) were calculated at the tile level from a variety of spatial data sources. Field data were manually input or uploaded as appropriate and were compiled and error checked. Quality assurance was managed by the senior researcher carrying out the processing of each dataset, overseen by the principal and co-investigators of the project. Data were compiled and exported as a csv file for deposit into the EIDC, along with shapefiles of associated spatial data.