Waterbirds of the Botanic Garden Meise

Study Extent

The Botanic Garden Meise

Sampling

counts of waterbirds in defined areas within the botanic garden. Birds are counted between 12:00 and 13:00 CET (Winter) and CEST (Summer) only on weekdays. Counts of absences are also recorded, but not available here.

Method steps

1. Geese are counted based upon four standard routes around the garden that are chosen at random each day. For details of the routes see the map at the reference below… Quentin Groom. (2019, January 1). A map describing routes used in goose monitoring at Meise Botanic Garden. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2529725
2. Details of each survey area are available at this data deposit. Quentin Groom. (2019). Goose monitoring data from the Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2529723

1. Branta canadensis
   common name: Canada goose rank: species
2. Branta leucopsis
   common name: barnacle goose rank: species
3. Anser anser
   common name: greylag goose rank: species
4. Alopochen aegyptiaca
   common name: Egyptian goose rank: species
5. Fulica atra
   common name: Eurasian coot rank: species

The grounds of the Botanic Garden Meise