6d08dbd6d0940ed9bced9d1891854a74 English dataset NatureScot (HQ Inverness) data_supply@nature.scot pointOfContact 2025-06-03 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision OSGB 1936 / British National Grid 2003 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Vadills lagoon cSAC site condition monitoring survey 2008-10-29 publication GB-SCT-SNH-ME-000084-MRSNH01200000008-VAD Marine Recorder NS-000084 NatureScot project ID The Vadills is a complex of interconnected lagoonal basins on the west coast of Shetland at the head of Brindister Voe, some 10km to the east of Papa Stour. At the time of the survey the site was a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) under the EC Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) on the basis of its Annex 1 habitat lagoons. The cSAC also encompasses The Vadills SSSI, notified for its lagoonal shores and tidal rapids. The aim was to initiate the monitoring of the Vadills cSAC, with the main emphasis being on establishing re-locatable monitoring stations and gathering field data from each station at a Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) Phase 2 level of recording. The survey included the following elements: In situ recording using divers or intertidal surveyors to: establish re-locatable transects to cover both lagoonal and tidal narrows features as a basis for survey and monitoring; record epibiota to MNCR Phase 2 level within spatially defined biological zones identified along the length of the transect; obtain a video and stills photographic record of: a) the extent and distribution of substrata and habitats within each transect site, and b) the extent and distribution of epibiota and biotopes within the same sites. Survey work took place in August 2003, and eleven transects were established and surveyed (7 Lagoon Transects and 4 Tidal narrows transects. Where possible, each transect extended across the littoral zone into the sublittoral, and sheltered lagoonal transects as well as tidal narrows transects were studied. All of which were easily re-locatable and with evenly sloping terrain, extending for up to 100m from the supralittoral start point to the sublittoral end point. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot owner NatureScot (HQ Inverness) NatureScot Data Manager data_supply@nature.scot custodian ERT (Scotland) Ltd Marine Environmental Consultancy dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Esther Hughes Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-06-03 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2025-06-03 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts Sediment grain size parameters Zoobenthos generic abundance Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ otherRestrictions no restrictions to public access English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans -1.4957 -1.4592 60.2728 60.2916 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation North Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Scottish Continental Shelf 2003-08-01 2003-08-14 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision infralittoral SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision littoral ERT (Scotland) Ltd., (2006). Site Condition Monitoring: surveys of lagoons in the Vadills Lagoon Special Area of Conservation, July–August 2003. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No.209 (ROAME No. F02AA409c). Database Marine Recorder Documents Published report Geographic Information System shapefiles dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication MNCR protocols for Phase 2 survey were adopted for biological recording (Hiscock, 1996; 1998). Altogether 11 transects were established and surveyed (Figure 2.2). Most of these occurred within one of the 11 potential regions of interest selected during planning and shown in Figure 2.1. Where possible, each transect was to extend across the littoral zone into the sublittoral. Actual transect locations were selected once on site. The aim was to select lagoonal transects as well as tidal narrows transects, all of which were easily re-locatable and with evenly sloping terrain, extending for up to 100m from the supralittoral start point to the sublittoral end point. The sublittoral survey was a continuation of the littoral and followed the same transect direction. In practice, a single diver swam from the sublittoral fringe down towards the end of the sublittoral component of the transect. Occasionally, depending on the site (eg some lagoonal transects), the diver swam out to the end of the transect marked with the buoy and swam back to shore carrying out video work on the swim back. The video was carried out prior to any biological recording to ensure good visibility footage was obtained. The biological data were reviewed for consistency, and checked against the photographic and video record, and the biotope codes finalised. The transect profiles drawn up during the fieldwork were also reviewed, and then scanned and digitised for subsequent presentation.