Occurrence dataset Registered January 18, 2021

    Explore Your Shore

    Description

    Marine Species Records submitted to the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Citizen Science Portal from 01/01/2019 onwards

    Purpose

    Data submitted to the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Explore Your Shore project plus other marine data records submitted to the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Citizen Science Portal from 2019 onwards

    Geographic scope

    Description

    The island of Ireland

    Latitude
    From 51.25812143 to 55.38289635
    Longitude
    From -10.53817535 to -4.68765076

    Temporal scope

    range
    January 01, 1989 - December 31, 2025

    Methodology

    Quality control

    All the data was validated based on submitted photographs or verbal descriptions. In some limited cases recorder bona fides was accepted for validation purposes

    Method steps
    1. Data collected by different survey methods, but principally by direct field observation

    Metrics

    Contacts

    • Dave Wall

      Originator
      Organization
      National Biodiversity Data Centre
      Address
      National Biodiversity Data Centre, WIT West Campus, Waterford
      Roles
      Originator
      Email
      Phone
    • National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland

      Metadata author
      Organization
      National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland
      Address
      Beechfield house, Carriganore SETU West Campus
      Roles
      Metadata author
      Email
      Phone
    • Michelle Judge

      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland
      Address
      Beechfield house, Carriganore SETU West Campus
      Roles
      Administrative point of contact
      Email
      Phone

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    January 18, 2021
    Metadata last modified
    July 21, 2025
    Hosted by
    National Biodiversity Data Centre
    Installation
    HTTP Installation
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/95qs5m

    Citation

    Dave Wall. Explore Your Shore. National Biodiversity Data Centre. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/95qs5m accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-04.