Occurrence record: 40222666

Human observation of Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Otter recorded on 2025-02-13

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Overview

Occurrence ID	40222666
Basis of record	Human observation
Scientific name	Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) - Otter
Licence	CC-BY-NC
Record Date	2025-02-13 (Day)
Coordinates generalised	Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Location in England 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: SJ9504 Latitude: 52.64 Longitude: -2.07
Recorded by	Gillian Castle
Identified by	Gill Castle
Identification verification status	Accepted - considered correct
Occurrence remarks	Dead on right side of M54 slip road to M6

Dataset

Data partner	Mammal Society
Data resource	National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
Bibliographic citation	National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording ([year of download])
Collection code	iRecord \| General data

Organism

Life stage	adult
Sex	not recorded

Event

Occurrence date	2025-02-13
Date precision	Day
Event date	2025-02-13
Event remarks	Dead adult (large) otter on road verge (grassy) Absolutely certain it was an otter (not a mink) despite there being no river nearby? There was also a dead fox about 20m further up the road.

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)	52.64
Longitude (WGS84)	-2.07
Geodetic datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters	707.1
Coordinates generalised	Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Location in England generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in ENGLAND, Name: England, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Natural England]".
Information withheld	OSGB Grid Reference SJ9504
Grid size in meters	1000
Grid reference wkt	POLYGON((-2.07531 52.63373,-2.07531 52.64273,-2.06055 52.64273,-2.06055 52.63373,-2.07531 52.63373))
Grid reference	SJ9504

Additional properties

generalisationtoapplyinmetres	1000

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Country inferred from coordinates	Warning
coordinatesNotCentreOfGrid	Warning
Show/Hide 15 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
Missing name of person who identified the specimen/observation	Passed
Data are generalised	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Name not recognised	Passed
Decimal coordinates not supplied	Passed
Zero latitude	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not valid	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not specified	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Show/Hide 1 missing properties
Missing catalogue number	Missing
Show/Hide 73 tests that have not been run
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Date precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
No collection date supplied	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Precision / range mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Habitat incorrect for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Suspected outlier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision not valid	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Occurrence status assumed to be present	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing name of person who georeferenced the occurrence	Unchecked (lack of data)
unrecognisedOccurrenceStatus	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude Longitude calculated from grid reference	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative for taxon	Unchecked (lack of data)
Badly formed altitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing an identification qualifier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Longitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid scientific name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing taxonomic rank	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates centre of country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are out of range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates derived from verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Outside expert range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Possible duplicate record	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeference date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unparseable verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Grid reference calculated using latitude and longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognised ID verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced protocol	Unchecked (lack of data)
Image URL invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Name not in national checklists	Unchecked (lack of data)
Day and month transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification references	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Kingdom not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Cultivated / escapee	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collection code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing coordinate precision	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced sources	Unchecked (lack of data)
Taxonomic issue	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unable to convert UTM coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied country not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates are zero	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Homonym issues with supplied name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted from UTM	Unchecked (lack of data)
Higher taxonomy missing	Unchecked (lack of data)
Institution code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Zero longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collector name unparseable	Unchecked (lack of data)
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

England
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England)	South Staffordshire District
National Character Areas (England)	Cannock Chase and Cank Wood
Non-Metropolitan Counties and Greater London (England)	Staffordshire County
GB
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain)	South Staffordshire District
GB countries	England
Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km	SJ
Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km	SJ90
Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km	SJSE
Watsonian Vice Counties (GB)	Staffordshire
Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB)	Staffordshire
Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB)	Staffordshire
UK
Countries with sea areas	England
Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK	Staffordshire Ecological Record
UK, IoM, Channel Islands
Hexagonal grid for reporting - 10km	10277
Square grid for reporting - 10km	24609
World base layer	United Kingdom

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value
Classification	Species		Lutra lutra
	Name match metric		taxonIdMatch
	Vernacular name	Eurasian Otter	Otter
	Scientific name	Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)	Lutra lutra
	Class		Mammalia
	Genus id		NHMSYS0021053567
	Taxon concept ID		NBNSYS0000005133
	Kingdom id		NBNSYS0100001342
	Left		5227
	Habitat taxon		marine\|terrestrial\|freshwater
	Phylum		Chordata
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Class id		NHMSYS0000376154
	Genus		Lutra
	Phylum id		NBNSYS0100002380
	Order		Carnivora
	Taxon rank		species
	Establishment means taxon		Native
	Order id		NHMSYS0000376165
	Taxonomic issue		["noIssue"]
	Species id		NBNSYS0000005133
	Family id		NHMSYS0021053566
	Taxon ID	NBNSYS0000005133
	Family		Mustelidae
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Scientific name authorship		(Linnaeus, 1758)
	Right		5227
Event	Date precision		Day
	Event date	2025-02-13	2025-02-13
	Year		2025
	Event remarks	Dead adult (large) otter on road verge (grassy) Absolutely certain it was an otter (not a mink) despite there being no river nearby? There was also a dead fox about 20m further up the road.
	Day		13
	Month		02
Identification	Abcd identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification verification status	Accepted - considered correct	Accepted - considered correct
	Identified by	Gill Castle
Occurrence	Occurrence ID	40222666
	Basis of record	HumanObservation	HumanObservation
	Data generalizations		Location in England generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in ENGLAND, Name: England, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Natural England]
	Recorded by	Gillian Castle	Castle, G. Gillian
	Sex	not recorded
	Rights holder	The Mammal Society and Biological Records Centre
	Dataset name	National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
	Occurrence remarks	Dead on right side of M54 slip road to M6
	Life stage	adult
	Occurrence status	present	present
	Collection code	iRecord \| General data
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	52.64	52.64
	Grid size in meters		1000
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10	707.1
	Grid reference wkt	POLYGON((-2.07531 52.63373,-2.07531 52.64273,-2.06055 52.64273,-2.06055 52.63373,-2.07531 52.63373))	POLYGON((-2.07531 52.63373,-2.07531 52.64273,-2.06055 52.64273,-2.06055 52.63373,-2.07531 52.63373))
	Country		United Kingdom
	Grid reference	SJ9504	SJ9504
	State province		England
	Decimal longitude	-2.07	-2.07
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

Occurrence record: 40222666

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