Re: Error in species statuses
I've just been building a protected species layer for planning work and have discovered any annoying omission in the Recorder Species Dictionary:
If a species is listed as protected under a specific designation, this is not always the case for its sub-species - it is my understanding that if a species is protected, so are all the sub-species
E.G.
Sterna hirundo is on Birds Directive Annex 1, Sterna hirundo subsp. hirundo is not
This causes a problem when selecting records using the Designation Sets filter if species have been recorded to sub-species
Craig
Staffs Ecological Record
Staffordshire Ecological Record