Countryside Survey 2007

A range of data has been gathered under the Countryside Survey project including habitat areas, vegetation species, soil data, linear feature data and freshwater habitats. Data in this series were gathered in the 2007 survey in Great Britain. Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: Topsoil invertebrate density estimates (GAM model) · Topsoil pH estimates (GAM model) · Topsoil carbon concentration estimates (GAM model) · Topsoil nitrogen concentration estimates (GAM model) · Soil mid-infrared spectroscopy (arable and grassland) · Soil aggregate stability (arable and grassland) · River Habitat Survey (RHS) data · Headwater stream invertebrate data · Headwater stream macrophyte data · Headwater stream water chemistry data · Freshwater pond quality data · Topsoil mineralisable nitrogen (mineral-N) data · Soil metals data · Soil invertebrate data · Soil physico-chemical properties · Landscape linear feature data · Landscape point feature data · Broad Habitat area change 1990-2007 and 1998-2007 (mapped and estimates) · Linear feature length estimates (mapped and tabular) · Vegetation plot data · Broad Habitat area estimates (mapped and tabular)
Coverage docs-verified: Great Britain · 2007 survey
Resolution docs-verified: 1 km square sample sites, drawn as a stratified random sample on a 15 by 15 km grid of Britain
Access llm-inferred: Non-Open Government Licence (per catalogue metadata); no API key or auth listed

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Habitat and vegetation baseline context for ecological surveys, using Broad Habitat areas and vegetation plot data · Topsoil pH, carbon, nitrogen and metals baselines for land-quality screening of Great Britain sites · Freshwater habitat baselines from River Habitat Survey and headwater stream chemistry for river restoration or WFD-related assessments · Landscape linear feature length baselines (hedgerows, walls, etc.) for landscape and biodiversity assessments
Audience llm-inferred: ecologists · soil scientists · hydrologists · GIS analysts · environmental planners · landscape consultants

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: 2007 snapshot; the docs list no later survey round in this series · Sample-based (1 km squares), not full-coverage mapping · Several topsoil variables are model estimates (generalized additive model), not direct measurements · Non-Open Government Licence: check terms before reuse in client deliverables · Docs cover Great Britain only; catalogue region says United Kingdom, so Northern Ireland coverage is unconfirmed

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Provenance & evidence

Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/28eb9005-7154-4207-b086-e3bdcd61de4a