Data Requests
Please read the information below to find out how you should submit a data request.
Our Data Sharing & Use Policy sets out how SRMS data will be made available to different stakeholders. This is reviewed annually.
SRMS data can be freely accessed via the Atlas of Living Scotland at a 10km resolution, which may be adequate for your purposes.
If you require data at a higher resolution, you can request access to SRMS data as outlined below.
Many raptor species are considered ‘sensitive’ and are vulnerable to persecution and overexploitation. Guidance from NatureScot states that known locations of such species should only be made public at an imprecise resolution. Additionally, please take care to comply with any conditions set by SRMS or its partners in relation to use of SRMS data.
How is data made available to different stakeholders?
Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme (SRMS) Partners
If you wish to make a legitimate use of SRMS data on behalf of a SRMS partner organisation then you should consult the list of agreed purposes for which your organisation can use SRMS data as set out in the SRMS Data Sharing & Use Policy. If your use of SRMS data is in line with the agreed purposes, you should consult the named individual within your organisation responsible for governing internal access to SRMS data.
Environmental Consultants & Commercial Requests
The SRMS is unable to service commercial requests for data from environmental consultants. Such requests will be passed on to the relevant individual partner(s) who will deal them directly. Please email [email protected] to be put in contact with the relevant partner. .
Data Requests for Research
If you require SRMS data for research purposes, you should complete and return a data request form to the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator (SRMC) at [email protected].
Data requests for student research will only be considered when the students in question are postgraduates or where an SRMG partner contact has agreed to act as a sponsor of an undergraduate project. Sponsors in this context should input to project design and support data interpretation before requesting data. Where SRMS data are provided for use in student projects, we request that an electronic copy of any relevant dissertations, theses or publications resulting from this work be provided to SRMS. Wherever possible, we would seek permission to make such research outputs publicly available on the SRMS website.
Other Organisations and Individuals
You should complete and return a data request form to the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator (SRMC) at [email protected]. The data request form can be accessed here – LINK.
As many of the records held by the SRMS relate to Schedule 1 species, these data are considered sensitive and therefore each request for data is currently assessed on a case-by-case basis by the SRMG. This assessment involves a period of consultation with the relevant SRMS volunteers who have collected (and therefore own) the data held by the SRMS.