Point count survey data for birds in the east of England, UK, in 2013
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- utf8
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-02-08
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-02-05
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41
- Other citation details
- Plummer, K.E., Siriwardena, G.M. (2018). Point count survey data for birds in the east of England, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41
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- Habitats and Biotopes
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- Keywords
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- BESS
- F3UES
- UrbanBESS
- biodiversity
- birds
- ecosystem services
- people
- urban
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- Other constraints
- no limitations
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Plummer, K.E., Siriwardena, G.M. (2018). Point count survey data for birds in the east of England, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41
- Spatial representation type
- textTable
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 2013-05-01
- End date
- 2013-08-31
Distribution Information
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
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- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The data were collected between May and August 2013 in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, UK. A subset of 500m x 500m survey tiles (n = 116) were selected from across the three towns using a stratified sampling design. Point count methods were then used to survey birds at up to four pre-defined survey points within each tile. All tiles were visited six or seven times; two visits were made between 06:00am and 10:00am in May and June and all other visits were made monthly between 10:00am and 18:00pm. During each visit, ten minute point counts were conducted at all survey points within the tile in a random order. Over two-minute intervals, observers recorded all birds seen or heard within five distance categories or in flight. Birds singing and not singing were recorded separately. The survey conditions and the numbers of people observed during each observation period were also recorded. (see Supporting documentation for details, available by 31 December 2018 at the latest) Several data inputters were used to digitally input the field data sheets. Then the completed dataset was compiled, error checked and validated. These were converted to csv files for deposit to the data centre.
Metadata
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- c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-04-28T08:13:39
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3