The Ecologists Data Collection Toolkit
From field to finished with easy-to-use, customised QGIS workflow templates
Customised with your branding, colours, and logos to help you create consistent and easy to use workflows for your QGIS surveys. We’ve done all the hard work, research, and development so you’re ready to plug in and survey.
Designed with and for ecologists
Customised with your branding
No subscription fees
How to use your templates
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Take your survey data
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Input it into your template
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Export your branded maps
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Export your reports
Simple as that. Clean, clear, and consistent reporting with the click of a few buttons.
All templates include:
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A4 and A3 print layouts available in portrait and landscape
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Your branding on all map exports and reports
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Video guides covering topics like target notes and comments, site boundaries, buffer layers, creating features, and generating and exporting maps and reports
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PDF guides covering basemaps, getting quality data, creating data layers, and common GIS troubleshooting
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Ongoing support for critical function updates
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Automatic metadata collection
Let’s get into the templates, shall we?
I have 6 QGIS workflow templates available, designed with ecologists for ecologists.
In partnership with UKHab Ltd
Habitat survey template
Data layers:
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Target notes - write comments & add photos
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Site boundaries - red & blue line with automatic buffers
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Habitat data collection layers:
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UKHab habitats, linear features, trees and secondary codes - collect data to Level 5 codes and secondary codes (pre-styled and labelled)
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Biodiversity Net Gain Habitats, Hedgerows, Watercourses & Individual Trees
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Inputs and automatic calculation of condition using criteria of the Condition Assessment Sheets
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Habitat suitability Index results
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Map outputs:
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UKHab
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BNG Baseline
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BNG Post-development
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Baseline Condition
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Baseline Distinctiveness
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Retention
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Proposed Condition
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Proposed Distinctiveness
Reports:
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Table of target notes with your comments & map
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Table of habitats, area calculation and any comments
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HSI table export
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Condition assessment sheets which link to your data inputs
Bat mapping template
Data layers:
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Target notes - write comments & add photos
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Site boundaries - red & blue line with automatic buffers
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Basic habitats to support wider contect of site
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Potential roosting features, locations & images
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Preliminary roost assessment
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Surveyor location and viewing direction
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Emergence data - including species list
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Building PRA
Map outputs:
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Potential Roosting features locations
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Preliminary Roost Assessment
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Emergence surveys
Reports:
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Table of target notes and basic site map
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Table of PRFs
Breeding bird survey template
Data layers:
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Target notes – add your comments and photos
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Site boundaries with 250m & 500m buffer
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Full British Trust for Ornithology species list
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Symbols change for data entered and automatic metadata collection
Map outputs:
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Map for each survey
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Territory maps
Automated reports:
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Table of target notes with your comments & map
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List of species found and the total counts
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Wild birds directive: Annex 1
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Wildlife & Countryside Act: Schedule 1
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NERC 41
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UK Birds of Conservation Concern
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IUCN Red List 2023
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EU Red List 2021
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Listed on Annexes of
Badger mapping template
Data layers:
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Target notes
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Site boundaries - red & blue line with automatic buffers
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Badger signs
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Other mammal signs
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General survey notes
Map outputs:
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Site location & survey information
Reports:
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Table of target notes and basic site map
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Table of surveyed signs
Reptile mapping template
Data layers:
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Target notes
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Site boundaries - red & blue line with automatic buffers
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Refugia locations & type
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Survey weather data collection
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Reptile data (age, sex, species)
Map outputs:
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Site location & survey information
Reports:
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Table of target notes and basic site map
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Table of surveyed signs
Dormouse mapping template
Data layers:
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Target notes – write comments & add photos
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Site boundary
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Nest location:
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Nest type
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What the nest is attached to
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Nest materials
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Additional survey criteria on species, number of individuals and notes etc
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Survey weather data collection
Map outputs:
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Site location & survey information
Reports:
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Table of target notes and basic site map
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