| STARTDATE |
Start data for the record (DD/MM/YYYY). |
| ENDDATE |
End date for the record (DD/MM/YYYY). |
| GRIDREF |
The grid reference specifying the location of the observation at the fullest precision available. The grid reference is either Ordnance Survey British (OSGB), Ordnance Survey of Ireland (OSI), or a truncated version of the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) depending on the location of the record. Records from Britain use OSGB, from Ireland use OSI, and from the Channel Islands use MGRS. OSI grid references are distinguished by having a single letter at the start (e.g. N48), while OSGB and truncated MGRS grid references both start with 2 letters (e.g. SP30), those that start WA or WV belonging to the truncated MGRS and the rest to OSGB. The truncated MGRS grid references used here for the Channel Islands simply omit the zone number and 100 km square code from the start of the grid references as all squares within the Channel Islands are within the same zone and 100 km square 30U (e.g. WV6548 in this dataset refers to MGRS 1 km grid reference 30UWV6548). |
| PRECISION |
The precision of the grid reference (in metres) given in GRIDREF field. |
| VC |
The Watsonian vice county code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice-county). Codes 1 to 112 represent the vice counties of Britain, 113 represents the Channel Islands, and codes 201 to 240 represent Irish vice counties (where 201 = vice county H1, 202 = H2, etc). |
| LATITUDE |
Latitude (WGS 84) for the centre of the grid reference supplied in the GRIDREF field. |
| LONGITUDE |
Longitude (WGS 84) for the centre of the grid reference supplied in the GRIDREF field. |
| GR_1KM |
The grid reference of the 1 km grid square in which the occurrence record lies (only populated if the original grid reference is at 1000 m precision or finer). |
| LATITUDE_1KM |
Latitude (WGS 84) for the centre of the 1 km grid square in which the record occurs. |
| LONGITUDE_1KM |
Longitude (WGS 84) for the centre of the 1 km grid square in which the record occurs. |
| GR_10KM |
The grid reference of the 10 km grid square in which the occurrence record lies. |
| LATITUDE_10KM |
Latitude (WGS 84) for the centre of the 10 km grid square in which the record occurs. |
| LONGITUDE_10KM |
Longitude (WGS 84) for the centre of the 10 km grid square in which the record occurs. |
| ABUNDANCE |
A text field containing any abundance information that was supplied with the record. |
| FORM_ABUNDANCE |
Abundance information relating to color forms, if available |
| FORM |
Color form of the ladybird, if available: conspicua, spectabilis, succinea.
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| STAGE_ABUNDANCE |
Abundance information of different life stages, if available. |
| STAGE |
Ladybird life stage: larva, pupa, adult. |
| RECORDER |
ID(s) for recorder name(s) that submitted the record. In the BRC database recorder information is standardized to Surname followed by initials (e.g. Smith, J.). For this reason, the recorder ID relates to a unique standardized name and not an individual. A single ID can refer to multiple individuals and a single individual can also be associated with multiple recorder IDs. |
