EU Protected Site Species Inventory Records — EEA BISE

Keyless. Pay per record. Which protected species occur at each of Europe's protected sites — site and species, from the Standard Data Form.

This actor turns the European Environment Agency (EEA) Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) site-species inventory into clean, per-record data — which protected species occur at each of Europe's official protected sites. Each run reads the EEA's keyless DiscoData SQL service and delivers one row per site-species listing, structured for conservation and site-assessment analysis, reusable with acknowledgement of the EEA, with no personal data of any kind.

What this is, in one paragraph

Europe's Natura 2000 and Emerald protected sites each publish a Standard Data Form listing the species of Union interest that occur there. The EEA's Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) compiles those listings into a site-species inventory. This actor reads that table and delivers one record per site / species: the protected site code, the species group (mammals, birds, amphibians, and so on), the EUNIS species id, and the scientific and common names — all carried as filed. It is the species side of the protected-site inventory, the companion to the habitat inventory.

Who buys this and for what job

• Conservation analysts mapping which protected species occur at which sites
• Site-assessment and impact-review teams checking the species listed for a protected site
• Researchers studying species distribution across Europe's protected-site network
• Data engineers who want the BISE site-species table as clean rows from a keyless source.

EEA licence — reuse with acknowledgement

One licence rider travels on every record. EEA data may be reused, including commercially, provided the source is acknowledged: "Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)." Where third-party content is marked, it keeps its own terms. These are reported values and labels as filed — not a compliance verdict.

Site / species grain — no person data

The unit of every record is a species listed at a protected site — an organism at a place, never a person. The site is a location code and the species are wildlife; there is no contact, operator, or responsible-person field in the source, and none is emitted. Species-sensitivity note: the source's site-species inventory table carries NO sensitivity or confidentiality flag on its rows (unlike the separate Article-12 bird-reporting table, which flags sensitive species with fine-grained locations); accordingly no rows are suppressed here, and the fleet respects such flags where they exist. A person-key guard runs on every record as a backstop.

Sample output

Real rows from a live run of this actor (first 5 rows, selected columns).

One full record from the same run, exactly as delivered:

{
  "record_id": "AT1101112:154421",
  "site_code": "AT1101112",
  "species_group_name": "Flowering Plants",
  "id_eunis": "154421",
  "scientific_name": "Artemisia pancicii",
  "common_name": null,
  "source": "EEA Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) — protected-site species inventory",
  "source_url": "https://discodata.eea.europa.eu/",
  "licence": "European Environment Agency (EEA) Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) — protected-site species inventories. Reuse is permitted, including for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged: 'Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)'. Third-party content, where marked, keeps its own terms.",
  "attribution": "Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE).",
  "disclaimer": "Which protected species occur at each official protected site (Natura 2000 / Emerald), at site / species grain from the EEA Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) site-species inventory (the public Standard Data Form content). Each record names the protected site, the species group, the EUNIS species id, and the scientific and common names. **Species-sensitivity note:** the source's site-species inventory table carries NO sensitivity or confidentiality flag on its rows (unlike the separate Article-12 bird-reporting table, which flags sensitive species with fine-grained locations); accordingly no rows are suppressed here, and the fleet respects such flags where they exist. Site / species grain — there is no contact, operator, or responsible-person field in the source (species are organisms, not people), and none is emitted; a person-key guard runs on every record as a backstop.",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-25T17:33:35Z"
}

Pricing

Event	Free plan	Bronze	Silver	Gold / Platinum / Diamond
site_species_record	$0.05	$0.045	$0.04	$0.0335

Delivered before charged. Blocked runs and empty results cost nothing.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
countryCode	string	—	Optional 2-letter country code (e.g. DE, FR) — matched against the site-code prefix.
maxRecords	integer	500	Ceiling on records delivered and billed.

Output

One JSON object per site-species listing. Real example (values as reported):

{
  "record_id": "AT1201000:1354",
  "site_code": "AT1201000",
  "species_group_name": "Mammals",
  "id_eunis": "1354",
  "scientific_name": "Ursus arctos",
  "common_name": "Brown bear",
  "source": "EEA Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) \u2014 protected-site species inventory",
  "source_url": "https://discodata.eea.europa.eu/",
  "observed_at": "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z"
}

An unbilled RUN_RECEIPT records the robots check, the filters, rows seen and delivered, and whether charged equals delivered.

Field reference

Each record is one site-species listing. Identity: record_id (site code : EUNIS species id) and site_code. Species: species_group_name, id_eunis, scientific_name, and common_name. Provenance travels on every record: source, source_url, licence, attribution, disclaimer, and observed_at.

How a run works

A run first re-reads the source host's robots posture from your runtime — the EEA DiscoData host — and stops at the door if that ever changes. It pages the BISE site-species table (filtered to your optional countryCode), and flattens each row to one record — carrying every value and label verbatim, never anything person-shaped — delivered before it is charged, so a blocked or empty run costs you nothing. The actor stops at your maxRecords ceiling and records charge_equals_delivered in the receipt.

Coverage and scope

The table holds on the order of 303,178 rows. Because each record carries the site_code (whose prefix is the country) and the species group and identity, segmenting is straightforward. Pull one slice, or the whole table to seed a warehouse.

Working with the data

The inventory is a presence map, and the fields make it queryable. Because every record pairs a site_code with a species scientific_name and species_group_name, an analyst can list every species reported at a site, or every site where a species occurs, and roll up presence by species group across a country's protected network. The id_eunis gives a stable species key for joining to reference taxonomies rather than matching on names.

Identifiers and joins

Every record carries the site_code, keying each species listing to the site register (eu-natura2000-site-records) for the same site and to the companion habitat-inventory cell for the same site — so a buyer can assemble the full Standard Data Form picture (the site, its habitats, and its species) on one shared identifier. The id_eunis keys species to EUNIS reference taxonomies.

Species versus the site register

The site register describes the site itself — its code, name, area, and designation. This cell describes what LIVES there: the species of Union interest listed on the site's Standard Data Form. Keeping the species inventory separate from the site register means a buyer studying biodiversity pulls the species rows directly, at species grain, without carrying the whole site record on every line — and joins back to the register on the site_code only when the site's own attributes are needed.

Cost guidance

One site_species_record per delivered row: cost = rows delivered × your plan's per-record price. Scope with countryCode to keep runs bounded. 1,000 rows is $50 (Free) / $33.50 (Gold).

Honest limitations

• As reported. Values, labels, and flags are as filed; this actor reformats, it does not audit or recompute.
• A label, not a verdict. These are reported values and classifications, not an independent compliance or conservation assessment.
• Acknowledge the EEA. The acknowledgement travels on every record.
• No person data of any kind.

Differentiation

It is distinct from eu-natura2000-site-records (the site REGISTER — one row per site, its code, name, and area) and from the companion eu-protected-site-habitat-inventory-records (which lists HABITATS per site) — this cell lists the SPECIES per site; species inventory vs site register vs habitat inventory. Its specific job is the BISE protected-site species inventory.

The NexGen Signal family

Part of the NexGen Signal family of pay-per-record data products:

• EU Protected Site Habitat Inventory Records — EEA BISE
• EU Protected Site Species Inventory Records — EEA BISE
• EU Natura 2000 Site Records — EEA
• EU Water Abstraction Records — EEA WISE
• EU Reservoir Storage Records — EEA WISE

Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) (discodata.eea.europa.eu). EEA data may be reused, including commercially, provided the source is acknowledged: "Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)"; marked third-party content keeps its own terms. Site / species grain; the site is a location code and species are wildlife; no sensitivity flag exists on this table so no rows are suppressed; no contact/operator/responsible-person field selected or emitted. No natural-person data of any kind. Values and labels as filed, not a compliance verdict.