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Occurrence record: 40216781

Human observation of Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Otter recorded on 2025-02-14
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Overview

Occurrence ID 40216781
Other catalogue numbers 26703820
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) - Otter
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2025-02-14 (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: SE74H Latitude: 53.896043 Longitude: -0.890602
Recorded by Barry Graham
Identification verification status Accepted - correct

Dataset

Data partner Mammal Society
Data resource Mammal Mapper App Sighting Records
Bibliographic citation Mammal Society [date of download] Mammal Mapper App Sighting Records
Collection code Mammal Mapper | Transect sightings

Abundance

Individual count 1

Event

Occurrence date 2025-02-14
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-02-14

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) 53.896043
Longitude (WGS84) -0.890602
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 1414.2
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 SE74H
Bbox 53.887197,-0.906051,53.904888,-0.875146
Grid size in meters 2000
Easting 472000
Northing 444000
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-0.90605 53.8872,-0.90605 53.90489,-0.87515 53.90489,-0.87515 53.8872,-0.90605 53.8872))
Grid reference SE74H

Additional properties

generalisationinmetres 1000
generalisationtoapplyinmetres 1000

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    Additional political boundaries information

    England
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England) East Riding of Yorkshire
    National Character Areas (England) Humberhead Levels
    GB
    Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain) East Riding of Yorkshire
    GB countries England
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km SE
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km SE74
    Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km SESE
    Watsonian Vice Counties (GB) South-east Yorkshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB) South-east Yorkshire
    Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB) South-east Yorkshire
    UK
    Countries with sea areas England
    Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre
    UK, IoM, Channel Islands
    Square grid for reporting - 10km 26026
    World base layer United Kingdom
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