Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme records of breeding raptors 2003 - 2022
Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme
Description
This dataset contains all records of breeding raptors native to Scotland received by the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, since its establishment in 2003. Species included are: Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus, Red Kite Milvus milvus, White-tailed Eagle Haliaetus albicilla, Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus, Northern Goshawk Accipter gentilis, Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipter nisus, Common Buzzard Buteo buteo, Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos, Osprey Pandion haliaetus, Barn Owl Tyto alba, Little Owl Athene noctua, Tawny Owl Strix aluco, Long-eared Owl Asio otus, Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus, Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus, Merlin Falco columbarius, Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo, Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus and Northern Raven Corvus corax.
Records of presence have been created for occurrences where at least one pair of a given species has been recorded occupying a home range during the breeding season for a given 10 km x 10 km square and year. Records of presence have also been created for occurrences of single birds or where we have other evidence of presence.
Additional information about the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme can be accessed on our website – https://raptormonitoring.org/. Should you be seeking access to more detailed data then in the first instance please take a look at the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme's Data Sharing & Use Policy to understand how best to proceed - https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-data/data-sharing-use-policy.
Geographic Description
Scotland
Purpose
These data are largely provided by SRMS partner organisations, with the bulk of data being provided by volunteers that are members of the Scottish Raptor Study Group.
Data users should be aware that SRMS data come from a number of discrete study areas for each species (which have been selected by the volunteers themselves, rather than based on some form of rigorous randomised sampling design). As both geographic and species coverage across Scotland varies considerably, the SRMS may not hold data or may only hold incomplete data for the geographical location and/or species of interest. i.e. if a data user does not identify any raptor records for a particular area of interest it cannot be presumed that no breeding raptors are present as the area may receive little or no monitoring coverage for the species of interest.
The most up to date data available from the SRMS will always be that from the previous breeding season. If data are sought for the current breeding season, contact will be required with the relevant
Scottish Raptor Study Group (SRSG) branch or other bodies that may hold additional information for the current season. In any case, we would encourage those that use SRMS data to make contact with relevant SRSG branch(es) if possible, to seek the best local knowledge to support interpretation of the SRMS data. For a list of contacts in SRMS partner organisations, please see:
https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-data/data-sharing-use-policy/1-2-a-note-for-data-users/srms-data-provider-contacts.
All our SRMS data contributors are encouraged to follow best practice for raptor monitoring as described in Hardey et al. (https://raptormonitoring.org/need-advice-on-monitoring). However,
many SRMS contributors are volunteers and many continue to carry out monitoring studies that were in existence prior to the establishment of the SRMS. For these reasons, individual observers will vary in their approaches to monitoring, such as the extent to which they cover study areas comprehensively, the intensity of survey effort (number of survey visits during the breeding season) and so on. Therefore the SRMS cannot guarantee the exact approaches that are practiced by all those contributing data.
Data quality
These data have received some checking by the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator to correct obviously erroneous grid references and remove duplicate records.
Methods
These data are largely provided by SRMS partner organisations, with the bulk of data being provided by volunteers that are members of the Scottish Raptor Study Group.
Data users should be aware that SRMS data come from a number of discrete study areas for each species (which have been selected by the volunteers themselves, rather than based on some form of rigorous randomised sampling design). As both geographic and species coverage across Scotland varies considerably, the SRMS may not hold data or may only hold incomplete data for the geographical location and/or species of interest. i.e. if a data user does not identify any raptor records for a particular area of interest it cannot be presumed that no breeding raptors are present as the area may receive little or no monitoring coverage for the species of interest.
The most up to date data available from the SRMS will always be that from the previous breeding season. If data are sought for the current breeding season, contact will be required with the relevant Scottish Raptor Study Group (SRSG) branch or other bodies that may hold additional information for the current season. In any case, we would encourage those that use SRMS data to make contact with relevant SRSG branch(es) if possible, to seek the best local knowledge to support interpretation of the SRMS data. For a list of contacts in SRMS partner organisations, please see: https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-data/data-sharing-use-policy/1-2-a-note-for-data-users/srms-data-provider-contacts.
All our SRMS data contributors are encouraged to follow best practice for raptor monitoring as described in Hardey et al. (https://raptormonitoring.org/need-advice-on-monitoring). However, many SRMS contributors are volunteers and many continue to carry out monitoring studies that were in existence prior to the establishment of the SRMS. For these reasons, individual observers will vary in their approaches to monitoring, such as the extent to which they cover study areas comprehensively, the intensity of survey effort (number of survey visits during the breeding season) and so on. Therefore the SRMS cannot guarantee the exact approaches that are practiced by all those contributing data.
Citation
Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme ([Insert download year]). Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme records of breeding raptors 2003 - 2022. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
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