RSPB Reserves breeding bird surveys

Quality Control

No known quality issues.

Method steps

1. There are generic methods for surveying birds in different habitat types (broad-leaved woodland, lowland wet grassland, lowland dry grasslands and arable land, reedbeds and open water in lowland areas, lowland heathland, moorland and associated upland habitats, upland water bodies, rivers and streams, saltmarsh, beaches and coastal areas, sea cliffs, scrapes and saline lagoons), together with species-specific methods for birds not adequately monitored using these generic techniques. All methods are described in detail in Monitoring breeding birds on RSPB reserves (RSPB internal report, February 2007).

RSPB reserves in the whole UK. Please note that each record is mapped with a 100m central grid reference for the reserve it is on. The central grid reference is the centroid of the reserve boundary, and may be located outside the actual reserve boundary for reserves with odd shapes or reserves consisting of several unconnected areas. RSPB Reserve boundaries are available on the NBN as a geographical dataset.