1) Botanical records for VC40 are available through the Shropshire Ecological Data Network (SEDN), which can be accessed via the Shropshire Online Flora, a custom built search facility: https://flora.shropshirebotany.org.uk/.
This enables you to search for species using scientific or common names, or search for a site or zoom in on a map and select a monad square to see what has been recorded. The data can also be downloaded as a CSV file.
2) The SEDN records are also available via the National Biodiversity Network Atlas (NBN Atlas)
Users can interrogate species records and download distribution maps. You can just select the data submitted from SEDN (Shropshire Ecological Data Network), or you can access other records as well which will have arrived onto the NBN by different routes.
3) Search the Distribution Database (DDb) of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
3) Search the Distribution Database (DDb) of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
The DDb is primarily intended as a research tool for county-recorders, referees and other botanists and you need will need to request access from Kevin Walker. The public access BSBI maps provides a summarised view of the same data for which you don't need to register or login.
