JNCC visual aerial bird survey data 2015

Abstract

This resource provides visual aerial survey data for seaduck, divers, grebes, and little gull.

Data were collected visually from aircraft at the following sites, identified as holding potentially important aggregations of non-breeding waterbirds: Aberdeen, Cardigan Bay, Carmarthen Bay, Coll and Tiree, Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, Firth of Tay, Greater Wash, Islay, Montrose, Moray Firth, Mull, North East (of England), North West (of England), Northern Ireland, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Shetland, Sound of Gigha, South Cornwall, South Kent, Thames and Wester Ross. The data collected were used to inform SPA recommendations.

If you are interested in data from only one of the sites, these are available to download as individual Excel spreadsheets from JNCC's Resource Hub.

Supporting information is provided in the accompanying document: 'Supporting information on visual aerial bird survey data'.

Additional information is also available in the following publication: Camphuysen, K.J., Fox, A.D., Leopold, M.F. and Petersen, I K. 2004. Towards standardised seabirds at sea census techniques in connection with environmental impact assessments for offshore wind farms in the U.K.: a comparison of ship and aerial sampling methods for marine birds, and their applicability to offshore wind farm assessments (PDF, 2.7 Mb), NIOZ report to COWRIE (BAM – 02-2002), Texel, 37pp. https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Camphuysen-et-al-2004-COWRIE.pdf.

Resources 2

Visual aerial bird survey data ZIP
15.0 MB JNCC-aerial.zip
Supporting information on visual aerial bird survey data (All sites (Access database) version) PDF
575.6 KB supporting-info-visual-aerial-survey-data.pdf

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Resource type Dataset

Topic category Biota

Reference date 2015·12·07

Lineage
Access database created from the distribution of sightings from JNCC aerial surveys (All species)

Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC distributor
data@jncc.gov.uk

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints © JNCC, available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)

Metadata date 2023·08·31

Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
data@jncc.gov.uk

Temporal extent 2001·· 2010··

Spatial extent
North	60.84
South	49.77
East	2
West	-8.65