39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:24:21 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Loch Leven Waterfowl 1968-2007 2015-07-29 publication 2010-01-01 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 10.5285/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 doi: Mitchell, N., Brooks, P., Squire, J., Wright, G., Allison, A. (2015). Loch Leven Waterfowl 1968-2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 The dataset comprises counts of ten waterfowl species collected from Loch Leven from 1968-2007 by staff at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and its predecessor bodies (Nature Conservancy), as part of their long-term monitoring programme of the lake. Counts are for the whole loch and represent an annual peak count based on the monthly counts recorded from September (of the year indicated) through to March (of the following year). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 Mitchel, N. Loch Leven National Nature Reserve nnr@snh.gov.uk pointOfContact Mitchell, N. Scottish Natural Heritage nnr@snh.gov.uk author Brooks, P. Scottish Natural Heritage nnr@snh.gov.uk author Squire, J. Scottish Natural Heritage nnr@snh.gov.uk author Wright, G. Scottish Natural Heritage nnr@snh.gov.uk author Allison, A. Scottish Natural Heritage nnr@snh.gov.uk author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Scottish Natural Heritage enquiries@nature.scot owner unknown Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication bird waterfowl biological monitoring GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Loch Leven Scotland UK GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Kinross Cormorant Great Crested Grebe Greylag Goose Mallard Mute Swan Pink-footed Goose Pochard Teal Tufted Duck otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Scottish Natural Heritage otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Mitchell, N., Brooks, P., Squire, J., Wright, G., Allison, A. (2015). Loch Leven Waterfowl 1968-2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 textTable English utf8 biota 1968-01-01 2007-12-31 -3.422 -3.325 56.174 56.223 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90.zip Supporting Information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/39da2334-0952-4d4d-b634-5f7f2115ac90 Download the data Get a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Monthly autumn and winter (September-March) waterfowl counts were collected from land-based vantage points. Counts were conducted by SNH at monthly intervals between 1967 and 1994, and at monthly intervals using the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) methods (Austin et al., 2008) since 1995. Since 2003 the surveys have been carried out fortnightly and from 2008 onwards counts are completed by SNH in collaboration with RSPB Loch Leven. There are some gaps in the dataset where monthly counts were not completed. Peak Pink-footed goose counts are dawn roost counts rather than standard WeBS count methods. Validation of data was in line with protocols referenced in the supporting documents. The dataset was quality controlled by Neil Mitchell who has worked at Loch Leven since 2009, and his predecessor SNH Reserve Wardens.