Farmland Bird Survey North East Wales, 2008
Citation
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (2025). Farmland Bird Survey North East Wales, 2008. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ktjmql accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-12.Description
A systematic regional survey of farmland birds within and around the Bettisfield and Dee Estuary (Welsh side) areas undertaken in 2008. The survey aimed to establish whether corn bunting were still breeding in Wales and to gather information on farmland bird populations in this area.
Purpose
To estimate breeding population of corn bunting in Wales.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
These data have been gathered by trained field-workers and the data are of a high quality. These data have been mapped and checked for sensitivities and typographical/geographical errorsMethod steps
- Full survey took place in 1km squares with corn bunting records in Wales since 2000 and the area within a 2km buffer of these (fig.2). A 2km buffer was used to achieve full coverage up to this distance given available resources. The full survey was based on three morning visits: one in each of in each of May, June and July at least two weeks apart following Gilbert et al (1998). The population size was the maximum number of singing (=territorial) males on any one visit.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
North East Wales
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds
metadata author
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
distributor
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Conservation Data Management Unit
administrative point of contact
email: dataunit@rspb.org.uk