Dataset Details - Seabird 2000
The Seabird 2000 dataset is a full census of all of the breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland between 1999 and 2003. This dataset contains only the Irish data, which is a subset of the larger British and Irish database.
13/08/2012
28/07/2017
The main objectives of the survey were: to obtain distribution and population information for all 25 species of seabird that regularly breed in Britain and Ireland and to get baseline figures for those species that have been surveyed poorly up to now.
The data was gathered by over 1000 surveyors mainly between the years 1999 and 2003 from both coastal and inland colonies
The island of Ireland and its off-shore islands.
1994-2003, with the vast majority of records from 1998-2003.
Data Quality is high. Data were collected by skilled volunteers and all data were validated.
Complete and published as Seabird Populations of Britain and Ireland (2004), Mitchell, P.I., Newton, S.F., Ratcliffe, N. and Dunn, T.E. Published by T & AD Poyser
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BirdWatch Ireland
BirdWatch Ireland, Seabird 2000, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 29 March 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/145>
Dataset species distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset record distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset Contacts
BirdWatch Ireland
Olivia Crowe
BirdWatch Ireland, Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
+ 3535 1 2819878
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
Resolution No. records
Day 1990
1996
2002
Record Statistics

1990

863

24

0

Resolution No. records
100m 1990
1km 0
2km 0
10km 0
50km 0
Dataset Attributes
Attribute Description
Count The number of individuals or occupied nests
Count measure Description of the count measure
Grid reference comment An explantory note on the grid reference associated with each record
Section end point The end point for the section of surveyed coastline
Section start point The starting point for the section of surveyed coastline
Site name comment A comment associated with the site where the records was made
Recorded Species
TaxonId PrefnameTaxonId Name Authority Group Rank Records
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