Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: Seabird monitoring sightings (WFS)

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Dataset information

Catalog

GDI-DE

Country of origin

Germany

Updated

Created

Available languages

German

Keywords

Sterna sandvicensis, Mantelmöwe, Eissturmvogel, Phalacrocorax carbo, Seevögel, Flugzeugtransekte, MDI-DE, Bund, Larus argentatus, Heringsmöwe, Gryllteiste, Dreizehenmöwe, Podiceps auritus, MDI-DE_Nature_and_Environment, Rastvogel, Mittelsäger, Basstölpel, marina Arten, Verbreitungsgebiet, Tordalk, Sula bassana, Eiderente, Fulmarus glacialis, Uria aalge, Alca torda, MDI-DE_Natur_und_Umwelt, Ohrentaucher, Larus marinus, Hydrocoloeus minutus, Mergus serrator, Podiceps cristatus, Sterntaucher, Rothalstaucher, Eisente, Cepphus grylle, Rissa tridactyla, marines Monitoring, Melanitta fusca, räumliche Verbreitung, Gavia stellata, Prachttaucher, Zwergmöwe, Somateria mollissima, AWZ, Trottellumme, Kormoran, Samtente, Melanitta nigra, Clangula hyemalis, Sturmmöwe, Gavia arctica, Haubentaucher, Brandseeschwalbe, Vögel, Schiffstransekte, Larus fuscus, Deutschland, Silbermöwe, Trauerente, Podiceps grisegena, Larus canus

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Quality scoring

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Dataset description

WFS Downloaddienst includes the individual sightings in the German offshore areas for the bird species: {Artname} {(Artname wiss.)}. Individual layers show the spread of the species divided into seasons for individual monitor ring years. The data are based on seabird recordings carried out as part of the BfN monitoring programme. The surveys are carried out by the German Avifaunists Association (DDA). A more nutritious description of the methodology can be found in the monitoring report of the BfN (https://www.bfn.de/seevoegel). The observation data is presented in the form of products, with the point size of the number of individuals observed.

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