UK Special Protection Areas: Site Details Archive from 2009 to 2015

Archived UK-wide data submitted to the EU Commission details all Special Protection Areas for rare and migratory birds from August 2009 to July 2015. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee compiled this information in a multi-tab Excel spreadsheet following the official Natura 2000 Standard Data Form format. This series was superseded in December 2015 by a combined dataset covering the entire Natura 2000 network.

Use Cases

• Mapping protected bird habitats based on the provided site details and mapping tab.
• Analyzing species composition and bird assemblages listed in the standard data form sections.
• Studying changes in site characteristics and habitat classifications over the archive period.
• Comparing UK country-level (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Offshore) SPA distributions.

Strengths

• Data follows the officially agreed Natura 2000 site information format (Commission Implementing Decision 2011/484/EU).
• Organized into filterable tabs corresponding to different sections of the Standard Data Form.
• Contains information submitted directly to the European Commission, matching the official record.

Limitations

• Dataset is an archived series superseded in December 2015; more current data exists.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Gibraltar information is not included in this spreadsheet.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), submitted to the EU Commission.

Collection Method

Compiled as part of the Standard Data Form information for all UK Special Protection Areas.

Time Range

Archive series from August 2009 to July 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:37.119083; freshness should be verified as this is an archive.

Geography

United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Offshore), excluding Gibraltar.