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Occurrence record: 40450236

Human observation of Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Otter recorded on 2025-03-18
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Overview

Occurrence ID 40450236
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) - Otter
Licence CC-BY-NC
Record Date 2025-03-18 (Day)
Coordinates generalised Location in England is already generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in ENGLAND, Name: England, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Natural England] Please contact data provider for more information.
Location Grid Reference: SK53 Latitude: 52.909623 Longitude: -1.183623
Recorded by Picksley adam
Identification verification status Accepted - considered correct

Dataset

Data partner Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Data resource Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust - Records
Bibliographic citation Data supplied by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Collection code Nature Counts - Nottinghamshire WT | General records

Abundance

Individual count 1

Organism

Life stage not recorded
Sex not recorded

Event

Occurrence date 2025-03-18
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-03-18

Taxonomy

Scientific name Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supplied scientific name "Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Common name Otter
Supplied common name "Eurasian Otter"
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Lutra lutra
Genus Lutra
Family Mustelidae
Order Carnivora
Class Mammalia
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000005133
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine|terrestrial|freshwater
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Latitude (WGS84) 52.909623
Longitude (WGS84) -1.183623
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 7071.1
Coordinates generalised Location in England is already generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in ENGLAND, Name: England, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Natural England]
Information withheld OSGB Grid Reference SK53
Bbox 52.865168,-1.25873,52.95403,-1.108362
Grid size in meters 10000
Easting 450000
Northing 330000
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-1.25873 52.86517,-1.25873 52.95403,-1.10836 52.95403,-1.10836 52.86517,-1.25873 52.86517))
Grid reference SK53

Additional properties

generalisationinmetres 1000
generalisationtoapplyinmetres 1000

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    Additional political boundaries information

    England
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England) City of Nottingham (B)
    National Character Areas (England) Trent Valley Washlands
    GB
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain) City of Nottingham (B)
    GB countries England
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km SK
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km SK53
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km SKSE
    Watsonian Vice Counties (GB) Nottinghamshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB) Nottinghamshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB) Nottinghamshire
    UK
    Countries with sea areas England
    Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre
    UK, IoM, Channel Islands
    Square grid for reporting - 10km 26012
    World base layer United Kingdom
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