North East Scotland Birds (1883-2010)
Citation
North East Scotland Biological Records Centre (2019). North East Scotland Birds (1883-2010). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/o1okcz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-19.Description
Bird records held at North-East Scotland Biological Records Centre - various surveys and casual observations. This dataset does not include records that are understood to be held on the NBN Atlas already from the Scottish Orntithologists Club Breeding Bird Atlas and from National Trust for Scotland.
Purpose
Casual recording and targetted surveys The majority of records are submitted by volunteer recorders.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
Records have been submitted to varying levels of verification. Some critical species have been verified by local and national experts though many of the historical records may not have been verified. Good confidence in data validity. Data validated and processed by NESBReC.Method steps
- Miscellaneous recording methods; many casual records as well as targeted surveys
Additional info
This dataset is only available on the NBN Atlas at 1Km resolution. Users who wish to access data at a higher resolution and/or data relating to sensitive species should contact NESBReC directly. Data searches for commercial purposes will incur a service charge by NESBReC.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Records compiled from North-East Scotland (administrative areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Cairngorms National Park) as well as some records from Perthshire and Angus. Records collected at a variety of spatial scales ranging from 2 to 10 figure grid references.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorNorth East Scotland Biological Records Centre
metadata author
North East Scotland Biological Records Centre
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Glenn Roberts
administrative point of contact
email: nesbrec@aberdeenshire.gov.uk