UK Ramsar Wetlands Information Sheets with Site and Species Data

A structured spreadsheet contains information from Ramsar Information Sheets for wetlands of international importance in the UK, Crown Dependencies, and UK Overseas Territories. The data is organized across multiple worksheets covering site details, bird species occurrence, habitat cover, and human factors. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee provides this data, which was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing wetland biodiversity and species distribution based on the BirdData worksheet.
• Mapping and spatial analysis of designated sites based on the Ramsar maps and location data.
• Assessing habitat composition and coverage within sites based on the Habitat cover worksheet.
• Evaluating conservation status and adverse factors affecting sites based on the Adverse factors worksheet.
• Studying the relationship between human activities and wetland conservation based on the Human factors worksheet.

Strengths

• Data is structured across multiple thematic worksheets to facilitate analysis.
• Includes information for sites across the UK, Crown Dependencies, and UK Overseas Territories.
• Covers a wide range of ecological and administrative factors from species to human impact.

Limitations

• Information has not been updated to include changes to Ramsar Information Sheets since 2015.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Compiled from official Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS).

Time Range

Data reflects site information up to at least 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:40.708301; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and UK Overseas Territories.