Occurrence record: 39178617

Human observation of Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 | Harbour Seal recorded on 2024-11-12

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Overview

Occurrence ID	39178617
Basis of record	Human observation
Scientific name	Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 - Harbour Seal
Licence	CC-BY-NC
Record Date	2024-11-12 (Day)
Locality	Scurdie Ness, Montrose, Angus
Location	Grid Reference: NO75 Latitude: 56.686066 Longitude: -2.409708
Recorded by	Geoff Wilkinson; Steve Wilkinson
Identification verification status	Accepted - correct
Occurrence remarks	live sighting

Dataset

Data partner	Mammal Society
Data resource	National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
Collection code	iRecord \| Import

Abundance

Individual count	4

Organism

Life stage	Not recorded
Sex	not recorded

Event

Occurrence date	2024-11-12
Date precision	Day
Event date	2024-11-12
Event ID	28040532

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Supplied scientific name "Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758"
Common name	Harbour Seal
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	Phoca vitulina
Genus	Phoca
Family	Phocidae
Order	Carnivora
Class	Mammalia
Phylum	Chordata
Kingdom	Animalia
Taxon ID	NBNSYS0000005135
Taxonomic issue	No issues
Habitat taxon	marine\|terrestrial
Establishment means taxon	Native
Scientific name authorship	Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country	United Kingdom
State/Province	Scotland
Locality	Scurdie Ness, Montrose, Angus
Latitude (WGS84)	56.686066
Longitude (WGS84)	-2.409708
Geodetic datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters	7071.1
Bbox	56.640854,-2.49074,56.731226,-2.328482
Grid size in meters	10000
Easting	370000
Northing	750000
Grid reference wkt	POLYGON((-2.49074 56.64085,-2.49074 56.73123,-2.32848 56.73123,-2.32848 56.64085,-2.49074 56.64085))
Grid reference	NO75

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Latitude Longitude calculated from grid reference	Warning
Country inferred from coordinates	Warning
Show/Hide 13 passed properties
Basis of record not supplied	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Invalid collection date	Passed
Incomplete collection date	Passed
First of the month	Passed
Data are generalised	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Name not recognised	Passed
Zero latitude	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not valid	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not specified	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Show/Hide 3 missing properties
Missing name of person who identified the specimen/observation	Missing
Missing catalogue number	Missing
Decimal coordinates not supplied	Missing
Show/Hide 74 tests that have not been run
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Suspected outlier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced sources	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Cultivated / escapee	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
No collection date supplied	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied country not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification date	Unchecked (lack of data)
coordinatesNotCentreOfGrid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted from UTM	Unchecked (lack of data)
Taxonomic issue	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing an identification qualifier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification references	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
Occurrence status assumed to be present	Unchecked (lack of data)
Kingdom not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeference date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Day and month transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced protocol	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates derived from verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Precision / range mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Zero longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Institution code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collection code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Badly formed altitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognised ID verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collector name unparseable	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision not valid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unable to convert UTM coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Habitat incorrect for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Homonym issues with supplied name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Image URL invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing coordinate precision	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative for taxon	Unchecked (lack of data)
Name not in national checklists	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing name of person who georeferenced the occurrence	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates are zero	Unchecked (lack of data)
unrecognisedOccurrenceStatus	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unparseable verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Longitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Grid reference calculated using latitude and longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing taxonomic rank	Unchecked (lack of data)
Possible duplicate record	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates centre of country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Outside expert range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid scientific name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Date precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are out of range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
Higher taxonomy missing	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

GB
Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km	NO
Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km	NO75
Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km	NONE
Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB)	Angus
Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB)	Angus
Scotland
Natural Heritage Futures Zones (Scotland)	Eastern Lowlands
Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts (Scotland)	Scotland
Water Framework Directive Sub Basin Districts (Scotland)	Tay
UK
Countries with sea areas	Scotland
Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK	Scotland No LERC Present
UK, IoM, Channel Islands
Hexagonal grid for reporting - 10km	12710
Square grid for reporting - 10km	22107

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value
Classification	Species		Phoca vitulina
	Name match metric		taxonIdMatch
	Vernacular name	Harbour Seal	Harbour Seal
	Scientific name	Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758	Phoca vitulina
	Class		Mammalia
	Genus id		NBNSYS0000188734
	Taxon concept ID		NBNSYS0000005135
	Kingdom id		NBNSYS0100001342
	Left		5162
	Habitat taxon		marine\|terrestrial
	Phylum		Chordata
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Class id		NHMSYS0000376154
	Genus		Phoca
	Phylum id		NBNSYS0100002380
	Order		Carnivora
	Taxon rank		species
	Establishment means taxon		Native
	Order id		NHMSYS0000376165
	Taxonomic issue		["noIssue"]
	Species id		NBNSYS0000005135
	Family id		NHMSYS0000376169
	Taxon ID	NBNSYS0000005135
	Family		Phocidae
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Scientific name authorship		Linnaeus, 1758
	Right		5162
Event	Date precision		Day
	Event date	2024-11-12	2024-11-12
	Year		2024
	Day		12
	Month		11
	Event ID	28040532
Identification	Abcd identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification verification status	Accepted - correct	Accepted - correct
Occurrence	Occurrence ID	39178617
	Basis of record	HumanObservation	HumanObservation
	Recorded by	Geoff Wilkinson; Steve Wilkinson	Wilkinson, G. Geoff\|Wilkinson, S. Steve
	Sex	not recorded
	Rights holder	The Mammal Society and Biological Records Centre
	Individual count	4
	Dataset name	National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
	Occurrence remarks	live sighting
	Life stage	Not recorded
	Occurrence status	present	present
	Supplied access controlled values	None	None
	Collection code	iRecord \| Import
Attribution	Data resource		National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
	Data provider uid		dp8
	License		CC-BY-NC
	Data Resource ID	dr671
	Data partner		Mammal Society
Location	Decimal latitude		56.686066
	Bbox		56.640854,-2.49074,56.731226,-2.328482
	Grid size in meters		10000
	Easting		370000
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000	7071.1
	Northing		750000
	Grid reference wkt	POLYGON((-2.49074 56.64085,-2.49074 56.73123,-2.32848 56.73123,-2.32848 56.64085,-2.49074 56.64085))	POLYGON((-2.49074 56.64085,-2.49074 56.73123,-2.32848 56.73123,-2.32848 56.64085,-2.49074 56.64085))
	Country		United Kingdom
	Grid reference	NO75	NO75
	State province		Scotland
	Decimal longitude		-2.409708
	Locality	Scurdie Ness, Montrose, Angus	Scurdie Ness, Montrose, Angus
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

Occurrence record: 39178617

Overview

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