The wild city

Nearly ten million sightings, almost all of them by volunteers.

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Data access

Use the machine-readable JSON record or the flattened CSV download or the compact Markdown version.

Methodology

Wildlife occurrence records within 25km of Charing Cross, pooled by the NBN Atlas from local record centres and national recording schemes. A record means someone saw something and wrote it down, which makes this a map of observation as much as of nature: parks with active recording groups light up, and a species counts as common when it is common, easy to identify and interesting enough to report. A sample of the most recent records is drawn.

Provenance

Source
NBN Atlas
Cadence
annual
Engine
points
Licence
Mixed open licences, per record

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