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Surveillance of wintering seaducks, divers and grebes in UK inshore areas: Aerial surveys and shore-based counts 2003/04 2004

Abstract

During December 2003 and February 2004, JNCC conducted aerial surveys of wintering aggregations of seaducks, divers and grebes within a number of UK inshore areas. The aim of the surveys was to collect data on the wintering numbers and distribution of inshore waterbirds in areas of the UK known to be important for this group of species. The surveys were carried out as part of JNCC's annual programme of surveillance of wintering inshore waterbirds in the UK.

The areas covered by aerial surveys in 2003/04 were Scapa Flow, the west coast of the Outer Hebrides, Coll and Tiree, part of the west coast of Mull, the Dornoch, Moray and Inverness Firths, Aberdeen Bay, the Firth of Forth, the Firth of Tay and St Andrews Bay. Surveys were conducted from light aircraft, following a line-transect method designed to collect data that were suitable for both distance sampling (to estimate total numbers of birds) and geostatistical modelling (to identify areas with the highest densities of birds). In addition, shore-based counts were conducted within the Aberdeen Bay area in February, March, April and May 2004 to provide additional data on inshore waterbird numbers.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2004·11·01

Citation
Dean, B.J., Webb, A., McSorley, C.A., Schofield, R.A. & Reid, J.B. 2004. Surveillance of wintering seaducks, divers and grebes in UK inshore areas: Aerial surveys and shore-based counts 2003/04. JNCC Report No. 357, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

Lineage
Aerial surveys of wintering aggregations of inshore waterbirds were conducted by JNCC during December 2003 and February 2004, within a number of UK inshore areas.

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2020·10·14

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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