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Ravenser Odd
Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves by 1360.
Series
Nature Conservancy Council: Chief Scientist's Directorate: Reports
Catalogue reference: FT 21
What's it about?
FT 21
The reports in this series cover a wide range of issues relating to nature conservation, some as part of a series, others as individual works. The subjects covered include: sea birds, woodland, the effect of pollutants on wildlife, site...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FT 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Nature Conservancy Council: Chief Scientist's Directorate: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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The reports in this series cover a wide range of issues relating to nature conservation, some as part of a series, others as individual works. The subjects covered include: sea birds, woodland, the effect of pollutants on wildlife, site management, the invertebrates site register, lepidoptera, littoral and sublittoral ecology and the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
Many pieces conatin maps and plans.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Nature Conservancy Council, 1973-1991
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1154 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1996 English Nature
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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When the Nature Conservancy Council was created in 1973 it established a programme of commissioned research relevant to nature conservation. The programme was the responsibility of the Advisory Committee on Science and master copies of reports, which form this series, were held by the Chief Scientist's Team (later Directorate) which acted as Secretariat to the Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8467/
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