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Point count survey data for birds in the East of England, UK, in 2014
This dataset comprises bird abundance data collected using point count methods in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes in the summer of 2014. The purpose of the study was to characterise the variation in breeding bird fauna across a range of urban forms. The data were collected as part of the Fragments, Functions and Flows in Urban Ecosystem Services (F3UES) project, as part of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) framework. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/e7ab3cd1-98fe-4ac4-ad44-e66aad3f2b74
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-04-25
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/e7ab3cd1-98fe-4ac4-ad44-e66aad3f2b74
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- Plummer, K.E., Siriwardena, G.M. (2023). Point count survey data for birds in the East of England, UK, in 2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e7ab3cd1-98fe-4ac4-ad44-e66aad3f2b74
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Plummer, K.E., Siriwardena, G.M. (2023). Point count survey data for birds in the East of England, UK, in 2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e7ab3cd1-98fe-4ac4-ad44-e66aad3f2b74
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- 100 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- EnglishEnglish
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2014-05-01
- End date
- 2014-06-30
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The data were collected between May and June 2014 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 twice between 06:00am and 10:00am. 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.
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- e7ab3cd1-98fe-4ac4-ad44-e66aad3f2b74 XML
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- EnglishEnglish
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- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
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- dataset Dataset
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- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T13:24:03
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
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