Description
Original provider: European Seabirds at Sea Dataset credits: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (United Kingdom) Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (the Netherlands) Ornis Consult (Denmark) National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management/RIKZ (the Netherlands) Nederlands Zeevogelgroep (the Netherlands) Instituut voor Bos- en Natuuronderzoek (the Netherlands) Instituut voor Natuur Behoud (Belgium) National Environmental Research Institute (Denmark) Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning (Norway) Vogelwarte Helgoland (Germany) Abstract: The European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) database was established in 1991 as a collaboration between individuals and institutes who had collected data on the distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in north-west European offshore areas. The most recent version of this database contains over two million records which were collected over 25 years.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,122,886 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Dunn, T. 2020. JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/58458ea2.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS-SEAMAP. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 93c8cc03-30cf-474e-8173-dbe5a22a5d28. OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation; Marine Biology; Visual sighting; Vessels; Sightings; seabirds; seabird; sea; ESAS; marine; mammal; cetacean; turtle; offshore; ocean;; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/427 UTF-8 Interactive map |
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| FGDC Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/427/fgdc UTF-8 XML |
| EML Metadata | https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/427/eml UTF-8 XML |
Contacts
- Owner ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Primary contact
- Metadata Provider ●
- Distributor
- A328 LSRC building
Geographic Coverage
Oceans,north; west; offshore; European; Atlantic; Irish; Channel; Celtic; shelf; oceanic; Skaggerak; Kategat; Belt; Irish; English; Bristol; Biscay; oceanic
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [38.633, -28.85], North East [76.85, 14.9] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
| Class | Aves (Birds), Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous fishes) |
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| Order | Anseriformes (Ducks), Cetacea (Cetaceans), Testudines (Turtles) |
| Suborder | Caniformia (Pinnipeds) |
| Family | Alaudidae (Larks), Anatidae (Ducks), Delphinidae (Dolphins), Hirundinidae, Laridae (Gulls), Procellariidae (Fulmars / petrels / shearwaters) |
| Genus | Anser (Bean geese), Anthus (Pipits), Balaenoptera (Baleen whales), Calidris (Stints), Corvus (Crows), Cygnus (Swans), Emberiza (Eurasian buntings), Gavia (Loons), Lagenorhynchus (White-beaked dolphins), Larus (Gulls), Melanitta (Scoters), Mesoplodon (Beaked whales), Motacilla (Wagtails), Phalacrocorax (Cormorants), Phalaropus (Phalaropes), Phylloscopus (Willow Warblers), Podiceps (Typical Grebes), Puffinus, Stercorarius (Jaegers), Sterna (Typical Terns), Turdus (Robins) |
| Species | Accipiter nisus (Eurasian sparrowhawk), Actitis hypoleucos (Common sandpiper), Alauda arvensis (Eurasian skylark), Alca torda (Razorbill), Alle alle (Dovekie), Anas acuta (Northern pintail), Anas clypeata (Northern shoveler), Anas crecca (Eurasian teal), Anas penelope (Eurasian wigeon), Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard), Anas strepera (Gadwall), Anser albifrons (Greater white-fronted goose), Anser anser (Greylag goose), Anser brachyrhynchus (Pink-footed goose), Anthus pratensis (Meadow pipit), Anthus spinoletta (Water pipit), Apus apus (Common swift), Ardea cinerea (Gray heron), Arenaria interpres (Ruddy turnstone), Asio flammeus (Short-eared owl), Asio otus (Long-eared owl), Aythya ferina (Common pochard), Aythya fuligula (Tufted duck), Aythya marila (Greater scaup), Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Common minke whale), Balaenoptera borealis (Sei whale), Balaenoptera physalus (Fin whale), Branta bernicla (Brant), Branta leucopsis (Barnacle goose), Bucephala clangula (Common goldeneye), Calidris alba (Sanderling), Calidris alpina (Dunlin), Calidris canutus (Red knot), Calidris ferruginea (Curlew sandpiper), Calidris maritima (Purple sandpiper), Calidris minuta (Little stint), Calonectris diomedea (Cory's shearwater), Carduelis cannabina (Common linnet), Carduelis carduelis (Eurasian goldfinch), Carduelis chloris (European greenfinch), Carduelis flammea (Common redpoll), Cepphus grylle (Black guillemot), Cetorhinus maximus (Basking shark), Charadrius hiaticula (Common ringed plover), Chlidonias niger (Black tern), Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Common black-headed gull), Circus aeruginosus (Western marsh harrier), Clangula hyemalis (Long-tailed duck), Coloeus monedula (Western jackdaw), Columba livia (Common pigeon), Columba oenas (Stock dove), Columba palumbus (Common wood pigeon), Corvus corax (Common raven), Corvus corone (Carrion crow), Corvus frugilegus (Rook), Cygnus cygnus (Whooper swan), Cygnus olor (Mute swan), Cystophora cristata (Hooded seal), Delichon urbicum, Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked common dolphin), Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle), Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer), Emberiza schoeniclus (Common reed bunting), Erignathus barbatus (Bearded seal), Erithacus rubecula (European robin), Falco columbarius (Merlin), Falco peregrinus (Peregrine falcon), Falco tinnunculus (Common kestrel), Ficedula hypoleuca (European pied flycatcher), Fratercula arctica (Atlantic puffin), Fringilla coelebs (Common chaffinch), Fringilla montifringilla (Brambling), Fulica atra (Eurasian coot), Fulmarus glacialis (Northern fulmar), Gallinago gallinago (Common snipe), Gavia arctica (Arctic loon), Gavia immer (Common loon), Gavia stellata (Red-throated loon), Globicephala melas (Long-finned pilot whale), Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin), Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian oystercatcher), Halichoerus grypus (Atlantic gray seal), Hirundo rustica (Barn swallow), Hydrobates pelagicus (European storm petrel), Hydrocoloeus minutus (Little gull), Hyperoodon ampullatus (Northern bottlenose whale), Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Mediterranean gull), Isurus oxyrinchus (Shortfin mako), Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white-sided dolphin), Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked dolphin), Lamna nasus (Porbeagle), Larus argentatus (Herring gull), Larus cachinnans (Yellow-legged gull), Larus canus (Mew gull), Larus fuscus (Lesser black-backed gull), Larus glaucoides (Iceland gull), Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous gull), Larus marinus (Great black-backed gull), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed godwit), Limosa limosa (Black-tailed godwit), Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale), Melanitta fusca (Velvet scoter), Melanitta nigra (Black scoter), Melanitta perspicillata (Surf scoter), Mergus merganser (Common merganser), Mergus serrator (Red-breasted merganser), Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby's beaked whale), Mola mola (Ocean sunfish), Morus bassanus (Northern gannet), Motacilla alba (White wagtail), Motacilla cinerea (Gray wagtail), Motacilla flava (Western yellow wagtail), Numenius arquata (Eurasian curlew), Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel), Oceanites oceanicus (Wilson's storm petrel), Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Leach's storm petrel), Odobenus rosmarus (Walrus), Oenanthe oenanthe (Northern wheatear), Orcinus orca (Killer whale), Pandion haliaetus (Osprey), Phalacrocorax aristotelis (European Shag), Phalacrocorax carbo (Great cormorant), Phalaropus fulicarius (Red phalarope), Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked phalarope), Philomachus pugnax (Ruff), Phoca vitulina (Harbor seal), Phocoena phocoena (Harbor porpoise), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Common redstart), Phylloscopus collybita (Common chiffchaff), Phylloscopus sibillatrix, Phylloscopus trochilus (Willow warbler), Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm whale), Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow bunting), Pluvialis apricaria (European golden plover), Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied plover), Podiceps cristatus (Great crested grebe), Podiceps grisegena (Red-necked grebe), Prionace glauca (Blue shark), Prunella modularis (Dunnock), Pterodroma mollis (Soft-plumaged petrel), Puffinus gravis (Great shearwater), Puffinus griseus (Sooty shearwater), Puffinus puffinus (Manx shearwater), Recurvirostra avosetta (Pied avocet), Regulus regulus (Goldcrest), Riparia riparia (Bank swallow), Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged kittiwake), Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat), Saxicola torquatus, Scolopax rusticola (Eurasian woodcock), Somateria mollissima (Common eider), Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin), Stenella frontalis (Atlantic spotted dolphin), Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed jaeger), Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic jaeger), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine jaeger), Stercorarius skua (Great skua), Sterna dougallii (Roseate tern), Sterna hirundo (Common tern), Sterna paradisaea (Arctic tern), Sternula albifrons (Little tern), Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian collared dove), Streptopelia turtur (European turtle dove), Sturnus vulgaris (Common starling), Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian blackcap), Tadorna tadorna (Common shelduck), Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich tern), Tringa erythropus (Spotted redshank), Tringa nebularia (Common greenshank), Tringa ochropus (Green sandpiper), Tringa totanus (Common redshank), Turdus iliacus (Redwing), Turdus merula (Common blackbird), Turdus philomelos (Song thrush), Turdus pilaris (Fieldfare), Turdus viscivorus (Mistle thrush), Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin), Uria aalge (Common murre), Uria lomvia (Thick-billed murre), Vanellus vanellus (Northern lapwing), Xema sabini (Sabine's gull) |
| Subspecies | Branta bernicla bernicla, Larus argentatus argentatus, Larus fuscus fuscus, Larus fuscus graellsii |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1979-06-29 / 2000-09-24 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database |
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| Funding | NA |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Owner
Sampling Methods
NA
| Study Extent | NA |
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Method step description:
- NA
Collection Data
| Collection Name | zd_427 |
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| Collection Identifier | zd_427 |
| Parent Collection Identifier | OBIS-SEAMAP |
Bibliographic Citations
- Stone, C. J., A. Webb, C. Barton, N. Ratcliffe, T.C. Reed, M.L. Tasker, C.J. Camphuysen, and M.W. Pienkowski. 1995. An atlas of seabird distribution in north-west European waters. Joint Nature Conservation Committee report, Peterborough, ISBN 1 873701 94 2.
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS. This dataset represents a subset of version 4.1 of the ESAS database, which is composed of three related tables. As some attributes from the original dataset are dropped in the public view, certain records may appear as duplicate observations. This, however, is not the case, as these records will have varying attribute values in the original database (e.g., age/plumage/behavior, etc.) and should therefore be treated as separate entities.
Species notes:
Species EURING code 462 (noted [sp_obs] field in the dataset) is Puffinus puffinus mauretanicus. As ITIS doesn't register this species, it is represented as Puffinus puffinus (TSN 174555), instead.
Species EURING code 460 (noted the [sp_obs] field in the dataset) is Puffinus puffinus whose counterpart in ITIS is also Puffinus puffinus (TSN 174555).
This dataset includes multiple trips whose survey methods vary. Please consult the data provider for the proper use of the dataset.
| Purpose | The founding aim of this project was to merge data from different collaborators and use these to publish an atlas depicting vulnerable concentrations of seabirds to oil pollution. Subsequently, these data have been used for a wide variety of research purposes. The collaboration has also developed and defined common standards in data capture, processing and storage. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://doi.org/10.82144/58458ea2 |
| https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/427 | |
| https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93c8cc03-30cf-474e-8173-dbe5a22a5d28 | |
| https://obis.org/dataset/8426d16e-cb66-4b6e-8d3c-d8e8b977fc79 | |
| 93c8cc03-30cf-474e-8173-dbe5a22a5d28 | |
| https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_427 |