Identification

Title

JNCC visual aerial bird survey data

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](https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Camphuysen-et-al-2004-COWRIE.pdf).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/10fb6f1b-6d8d-449c-a572-f9411dd65d46

name: JNCC ResourceHub Page

Unique resource identifier

code

10fb6f1b-6d8d-449c-a572-f9411dd65d46

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Z:\Web Content\Hub\2015\Visual aerial bird survey data\supporting-info-visual-aerial-survey-data.pdf https://tethys.pnnl.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Camphuysen-et-al-2004-COWRIE.pdf

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabird Surveys

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.65

East bounding longitude

2.0

North bounding latitude

60.84

South bounding latitude

49.77

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2001

End position

2010

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-12-07

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

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

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Arc/View ShapeFile

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

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

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-31

Metadata language