Descripción
This census dataset contains occurrence data on birds observed and counted in a coastal dune zone of the Zwin Nature Park (ZNP) at Knokke-Heist in West Flanders, Belgium. The data were collected in a standardised way since April 2018 at fixed localities within the ZNP’s provincial domain. This census area is situated between the ‘Zwin Plain’ and ‘Zwin dunes and polders’. All these Zwin subareas are situated within the European Natura 2000 network (particularly protected under both the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive) and the global Ramsar Convention (protecting Wetlands of International Importance).
This dataset is published as a standardised Darwin Core Archive and includes for each sampling event a parentEventID, grouping eventIDs per locality and event date, according to the sampling protocol, with sample size and unit, event time (if registered), the country code, longitude and latitude with geodetic datum and coordinate uncertainty (in the event core), and for each occurrence, an occurrenceID, the scientific name, Dutch vernacular name, taxon rank, occurrence status (absent or present), the number of recorded individuals (if counted) or occurrence remarks, and the identifiedBy term for the field observer’s name, beside the interlinked eventID (in the occurrence extension).
Additional Ecological Inventories vocabulary includes siteCount, siteNestingDescription, samplingEffort and other terms (in the Humboldt extension) to report detailed information about the field observation census protocol. The Humboldt extension is not yet indexed but those eco terms are retrievable in DwC-A download of this dataset.
We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) implying that users of data make proper reference to this dataset.
Registros
Los datos en este recurso de evento de muestreo han sido publicados como Archivo Darwin Core(DwC-A), el cual es un formato estándar para compartir datos de biodiversidad como un conjunto de una o más tablas de datos. La tabla de datos del core contiene 694 registros.
también existen 2 tablas de datos de extensiones. Un registro en una extensión provee información adicional sobre un registro en el core. El número de registros en cada tabla de datos de la extensión se ilustra a continuación.
Este IPT archiva los datos y, por lo tanto, sirve como repositorio de datos. Los datos y los metadatos del recurso están disponibles para su descarga en la sección descargas. La tabla versiones enumera otras versiones del recurso que se han puesto a disposición del público y permite seguir los cambios realizados en el recurso a lo largo del tiempo.
Versiones
La siguiente tabla muestra sólo las versiones publicadas del recurso que son de acceso público.
¿Cómo referenciar?
Los usuarios deben citar este trabajo de la siguiente manera:
Faveyts W, Cooleman S (2025). Bird census counts at the Zwin Nature Park. Version 1.6. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=zwin-park-birds-observations&v=1.6
Derechos
Los usuarios deben respetar los siguientes derechos de uso:
El publicador y propietario de los derechos de este trabajo es Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Esta obra está bajo una licencia Creative Commons de Atribución/Reconocimiento (CC-BY 4.0).
Registro GBIF
Este recurso ha sido registrado en GBIF con el siguiente UUID: dde71542-ad2d-4ec7-a93c-eb18bc0f432b. Belgian Biodiversity Platform publica este recurso y está registrado en GBIF como un publicador de datos avalado por Belgian Biodiversity Platform.
Palabras clave
Samplingevent; Observation; Census; Natura2000
Contactos
- Proveedor De Los Metadatos ●
- Originador ●
- Punto De Contacto
- Scientific collaborator
- Proveedor De Los Metadatos ●
- Originador
- Biodiversity Data Officer
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0451
Cobertura geográfica
The provincial domain of the Zwin Nature Park (ZNP) is located in the northernmost corner of West Flanders along the Belgian coastline fronting the North Sea. The adjacent Zwin Plain includes the border with the Netherlands. Biologically, the avifauna in this European part typically belongs to the Western Palaearctic Region.
| Coordenadas límite | Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [51,358, 3,343], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [51,362, 3,353] |
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Cobertura taxonómica
The target taxonomic scope is focussing on the complete class Aves. All the birds, that have been observed and identified since the first census event in April 2018, are listed per event until December 2024: totally 157 taxa (including 154 species, one subspecies and two domestic forms) are reported in the entire census area of the ZNP’s provincial domain.
| Class | Aves |
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Cobertura temporal
| Fecha Inicial / Fecha Final | 2018-04-10 / 2024-12-04 |
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Métodos de muestreo
A standarised observation protocol: all individuals are counted of all birds (seen or heard) from the two point localities and along the two short transects. In contrary, along the Inner Trail, all individuals of most bird species (seen or heard) are counted, namely except following five very common species: of Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus, Great Tit Parus major, Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus, Carrion Crow Corvus corone and Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes, not all individuals are counted. Besides, birds only flying high over the ZNP, seen or heard from along the Inner Trail, are noted as 'flying over' without a count: those overflying birds don't make use of the park, but are actually present.
| Área de Estudio | Within the Zwin Nature Park's provincial domain, all observed birds are counted at five fixed localities on the same morning, maximum twice per month, when wheather conditions are (sub)optimal to observe birds (i.e. not too windy/rainy). Those fixed localities are three transects and two points: - The Inner Trail (IT) is the longest route through dune grassland and scrub along ponds with wetland vegetation in the core zone of the ZNP. The two other trails are shorter transects, namely the Forest Trail (FT) in the western, forested dune zone of the ZNP, and the Dyke Trail (DT) in the northeastern, forested, inner dune edge of the ZNP. - The two points are each situated along a different short transect: respectively the Forest Trail Point (FTP) and the Dyke Trail Point (DTP). |
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Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:
- All these observation data have consistently been counted by Wouter Faveyts, so far, in the field at the Zwin Nature Park. In Excel sheets per locality, the data are collected, including summed numbers per taxon and per date. A brief description of the observation method is also provided.
- Based on those Excel sheets, Darwin Core data files are created largely through data wrangling in R, uploaded and documented with metadata in the IPT of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform by Stijn Cooleman.
- The dataset is published and registered with GBIF.
Referencias bibliográficas
- Opstaele, B., J. Jansen & F. Verloove (2018). Natuurbeheerplan Provinciedomein Zwin Park. Greenspot i.o.v. Provincie West-Vlaanderen. https://www.zwin.be/sites/default/files/2023-10/Beheerplan%20Zwin%20Natuur%20Park_2021.pdf
Metadatos adicionales
| Identificadores alternativos | dde71542-ad2d-4ec7-a93c-eb18bc0f432b |
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| https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=zwin-park-birds-observations |