Occurrence record: 38307711

Human observation of Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pine Marten recorded on 2024-08-26
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Overview

Occurrence ID 38307711
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pine Marten
Licence CC-BY-NC
Record Date 2024-08-26 (Day)
Coordinates generalised Location in Scotland is already generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in SCOTLAND, Name: Scotland, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Scottish Natural Heritage] Please contact data provider for more information.
Location Grid Reference: NO33C Latitude: 56.501991 Longitude: -3.12251
Recorded by Ogg, Ron
Identification verification status Accepted - considered correct

Dataset

Data partner Mammal Society
Data resource National Mammal Atlas Project, online recording
Collection code BRC website's forms | Mammal Atlas

Abundance

Individual count 1

Event

Occurrence date 2024-08-26
Date precision Day
Event date 2024-08-26
Event remarks When driving out of Piperdam, at about 16:00, a Pine Marten ran across the road. The car dashcam video footage has been put on Facebook. These are two 'screengrabs' from the video - not fully in focus as it was running fast.

Taxonomy

Scientific name Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supplied scientific name "Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Common name Pine Marten
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Martes martes
Genus Martes
Family Mustelidae
Order Carnivora
Class Mammalia
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0000080190
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon terrestrial
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Scotland
Latitude (WGS84) 56.501991
Longitude (WGS84) -3.12251
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 1414.2
Coordinates generalised Location in Scotland is already generalised to 0.01 degrees. Sensitive in SCOTLAND, Name: Scotland, Zone: COUNTRY [Sensitive, Scottish Natural Heritage]
Information withheld OSGB Grid Reference NO33C
Bbox 56.492861,-3.138483,56.511119,-3.10653
Grid size in meters 2000
Easting 330000
Northing 734000
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-3.13848 56.49286,-3.13848 56.51112,-3.10653 56.51112,-3.10653 56.49286,-3.13848 56.49286))
Grid reference NO33C

Additional properties

generalisationinmetres 1000
generalisationtoapplyinmetres 1000

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