Dataset

Seabird 2000

EurOBIS OBIS UK Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The Seabird 2000 dataset is a full census of all of the breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland. The data was gathered by over 1000 surveyors mainly between the years 1999 and 2003 from both coastal and inland colonies.

Citation: Mitchell, P.I., S.F. Newton, N. Ratcliffe & T.E. Dunn. Seabird 2000. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, UK. https://doi.org/10.15468/ibm5hb

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:42

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=nbn_ga000089

Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

24,193
occurrence records
27
taxa
26
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 24,193
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 24,193
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 24,193
100.0%
ON_LAND 10,641
44.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data