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Seabird 2000

Dataset homepage

Citation

Olivia Crowe. Seabird 2000. National Biodiversity Data Centre. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gkx6zj accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-21.

Description

The Seabird 2000 dataset is a full census of all of the breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland between 1999 and 2003. This dataset contains only the Irish data, which is a subset of the larger British and Irish database.

Purpose

The main objectives of the survey were: to obtain distribution and population information for all 25 species of seabird that regularly breed in Britain and Ireland and to get baseline figures for those species that have been surveyed poorly up to now.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Data Quality is high. Data were collected by skilled volunteers and all data were validated.

Method steps

  1. The data was gathered by over 1000 surveyors mainly between the years 1999 and 2003 from both coastal and inland colonies

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The island of Ireland and its off-shore islands.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Olivia Crowe
originator
BirdWatch Ireland
BirdWatch Ireland, Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
IE
Telephone: + 3535 1 2819878
email: ocrowe@birdwatchireland.ie
homepage: http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/
metadata author
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland
Beechfield house, Carriganore WIT West Campus
Waterford
County Waterford
IE
Telephone: +353 (0)51 306 240
email: info@biodiversityireland.ie
homepage: http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/
Barry O'Neill
administrative point of contact
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland
Beechfield house, Carriganore WIT West Campus
Waterford
County Waterford
IE
Telephone: +353 (0)51 306 240
email: boneill@biodiversityireland.ie
homepage: http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/
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