Seabird nearshore winter survey in South-West England 1994-95

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

Dataset credit

OBIS and EurOBIS, OBIS UK

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) N/A
Secondary contact Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) N/A
Secondary contact National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBN) N/A
Secondary contact Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) N/A
Secondary contact Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) N/A

Citation

UK National Biodiversity Network, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Seabird nearshore winter survey in South-West England 1994-95.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). 2020. Seabird nearshore winter survey in South-West England 1994-95. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103150699) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/8db5745f-c4e5-42f0-816f-c61b581d6abd)

Abstract

The survey represents the first systematic study of divers, grebes, seaduck, cormorant, shag and auks within these sea areas.
The main aim of the 1994/95 nearshore seabird survey in South-West England was to investigate a series of seabird sites in Devon and Cornwall previously identified as important for their wintering populations. The survey represents the first systematic study of divers, grebes, seaduck, cormorant, shag and auks within these sea areas.

The number of birds recorded in the South Cornwall area exceeded criteria for international importance for great northern diver, and national importance for black-throated diver, shag and red-breasted merganser. The area also held numbers of red-necked grebe, Slavonian grebe and black-necked grebe which represented a high proportion of the small British wintering population. The Dawlish area held nationally important number of red-breasted merganser.

A secondary aim of the project was to investigate ways to refine survey methods. The effect of count length on the number of birds recorded was examined by extending a sub-set of the counts. There was a marked difference in the detection rates over time for some species. A method for producing approximate correction factors was investigated. An analysis was also conducted to assess if the detectability of bird species changed in different sea states. The data showed no significant effect of sea state on the number of birds recorded.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

This dataset was downloaded from OBIS (https://obis.org/). The records for only marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles and rays and sharks were extracted. Records with no longitude/latitude or no date (eventDate) were excluded.
OBIS dataset page:
https://obis.org/dataset/8db5745f-c4e5-42f0-816f-c61b581d6abd
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=nbn_ga000070

References

UK National Biodiversity Network, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Seabird nearshore winter survey in South-West England 1994-95.

Attributes

Overview

The attributes of this dataset are compatible with the OBIS Schema, then reformatted to the OBIS-SEAMAP schema. If you would like to get the data in the OBIS Schema, please visit iOBIS Portal.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidInternal ID
idRecord ID
dataset_idDataset ID
scientificnameScientific name
vernacularnameVernacular name
aphiaidAphia ID
taxonranktaxononic rank
individualcountGroup size / individual count
eventdateEvent date (precision varies)
eventtimeEvent time
decimallatitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
decimallongitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
coordinateprecisionCoordinate precision
catalognumberCatalog number
collectioncodeCollection code
occurrencestatusOccurrence status
basisofrecordBasis of record (HumanObservation / MachineObservation)
modifiedDate/time the record was modified
node_idNode ID
occurrenceidOccurrence ID
occurrenceremarksOccurrence remarks
eventidEvent ID
institutioncodeInstitution code
lifestageLife stage
sexGender of the animal if known
speciesSpecies by provider
datasetidDataset ID by provider
countryCountry
localityLocation of ocean
waterbodyDetails of ocean
droppedFlag indicating the record was dropped (always false)
absenceFlag indicating the record represents the absence of the species (always false)
marineFlag indicating the record is for marine life (always true)
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103150699
Seabirds911
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total911
Date, Begin1994-11-28
Date, End1995-03-23
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude50.04 - 50.95
Longitude-5.21 - -3.55
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. throughiOBIS
Registered2020-06-30
Updated2021-02-05
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with None
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