c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:17:28 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Point count survey data for birds in the east of England, UK, in 2013 2018-02-08 publication 2018-02-05 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 doi: Plummer, K.E., Siriwardena, G.M. (2018). Point count survey data for birds in the east of England, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 This dataset comprises bird abundance data collected using point count methods in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes in the summer of 2013. The purpose of the study was to characterise the variation in breeding bird fauna across a range of urban forms. As well as measuring the birds that were 'really' present, the survey aimed to investigate the birds detectable at times of day when people were more active and more likely to have casual encounters with them. These data were collected as part of the Fragments, Functions and Flows in Urban Ecosystem Services (F3UES) project, as part of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) framework. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 Plummer, K. British Trust for Ornithology kate.plummer@bto.org pointOfContact Plummer, K.E. British Trust for Ornithology kate.plummer@bto.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-4505 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Siriwardena, G.M. British Trust for Ornithology gavin.siriwardena@bto.org https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-1186 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication biodiversity urban area ecosystem services bird GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Bedford Luton Milton Keynes GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation BESS F3UES UrbanBESS people otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Plummer, K.E., Siriwardena, G.M. (2018). Point count survey data for birds in the east of England, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 textTable English utf8 biota 2013-05-01 2013-08-31 -1.064 0.306 51.648 52.453 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c4806e25-5325-4b01-8066-91a8fb55eb41 Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The data were collected between May and August 2013 in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, UK. A subset of 500m x 500m survey tiles (n = 116) were selected from across the three towns using a stratified sampling design. Point count methods were then used to survey birds at up to four pre-defined survey points within each tile. All tiles were visited six or seven times; two visits were made between 06:00am and 10:00am in May and June and all other visits were made monthly between 10:00am and 18:00pm. During each visit, ten minute point counts were conducted at all survey points within the tile in a random order. Over two-minute intervals, observers recorded all birds seen or heard within five distance categories or in flight. Birds singing and not singing were recorded separately. The survey conditions and the numbers of people observed during each observation period were also recorded. (see Supporting documentation for details, available by 31 December 2018 at the latest) Several data inputters were used to digitally input the field data sheets. Then the completed dataset was compiled, error checked and validated. These were converted to csv files for deposit to the data centre.