Berkeley Sound coastal bird survey from land and boat (Feb-March2016)

Land and boat-based coastal bird survey covering the inner part of Berkeley Sound (west of Strike Off Point, southern shore) and Volunteer Lagoon (northern shore). The coastline was surveyed in 300 metres sections.

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Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:07 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:23 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2016-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2016-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2016
Lineage Data was originated as part of the environmenal baseline survey commissioned by Premier Oil Ltd. The original datasets (FK-PREMIER_344 and FK_PREMIER-345) were brought together to form a unique dataset in which the land and boat surveys are identifiable but standardised to a 300 metre transect. The land-based data was standardised by combining three adjacent 100 m sections and then interpolating a waypoint in the middle of the 'new' 300 m section. A few points recorded on Kidney Island in December 2015 have also been included.The shape file contains the positions of the sightings, derived by handheld GPS, the number of birds counted, and if there were no birds. All the birds are coded and a excel file with codes is provided along with the GIS data layer.
West Longitude -58.1657
South Latitude -51.4678
East Longitude -57.7345
North Latitude -51.5944
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations Restricted, send data request to data custodian
Use Constraints Restricted, but open subject to limitations and prior agreement with responsible organisation. Copyright must be cited
Data Format excel, shape
Update Frequency not planned
Accuracy GPS locations: 6 metres Sightings and bird identification: high
Resource Type Dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2017-09-03
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-PREMIER-394

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