NDFF Bird monitoring in agricultural areas

Dirk Zoetebier

doi:10.15468/atqllv

NDFF Bird monitoring in agricultural areas

Citation

Zoetebier D, de Kruif T (2018). NDFF Bird monitoring in agricultural areas. Dutch National Database of Flora and Fauna (NDFF). Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/atqllv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

The Agricultural Species Monitoring Program (MAS) tracks breeding birds in agricultural areas. This type of area is the most common in the Netherlands and many of the species are strongly in decline. MAS does not take much time, but gathers important statistical data about occurrence and population development. Aims: Determining numbers and occurrence of more or less common farmland birds, in addition to other breeding bird counts (BMP). Agricultural areas contain grasslands, fields and small-scale landscapes. Which species? All species are counted. In practice, this means about 40 species. Method: Four counts per season, each taking 2x5 minutes. Counts take place in the periods: 1 to 20 April, 21 April to 10 May, 11 May to 10 June and 21 June to 15 July. All observations are noted on a map with a simplified breeding code, together with the observation period (first, second, or both 5-minute periods). Positive observations without zeros. Dataset available via https://www.ndff.nl/english / serviceteamndff@natuurloket.nl 19,875 records (March 2018) https://www.ndff.nl/overdendff/validatie/protocollen/14-208-meetnet-agrarische-soorten-mas/

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Birds

Aves
common name: birds rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The Netherlands

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dirk Zoetebier
originator
position: Data manager
Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology
NL
email: dirk.zoetebier@sovon.nl
homepage: https://www.sovon.nl/en

Thijs de Kruif
metadata author
position: publisher
NL
email: serviceteamndff@natuurloket.nl
homepage: https://www.ndff.nl/english/

Henk de Vries
distributor
position: Node manager NLBIF
NLBIF (Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility)
P.O.Box 9517
Leiden
2300 RA
NL
email: henk.devries@naturalis.nl

Dries Oomen
administrative point of contact
position: publisher
NDFF
NL
email: serviceteamndff@natuurloket.nl
homepage: https://www.ndff.nl/english/