Birda - Global Observation Dataset (UK records)

Birda

Description

Occurrences of Animalia Chordata Aves recorded by users of the Birda mobile app (https://birda.org) in the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

Species data follows the IOC taxonomy (https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/).

Data imported into Birda from external sources (e.g. other birding apps) are excluded from this dataset to avoid the potential duplication of records that may have been previously published to the NBN Atlas and GBIF by another organisation.

Occurrences deemed unreliable or suspicious are excluded from the dataset (see the section on quality control for further details).

Geographic Description

The UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands

Data quality

Occurrences that meet both of the following criteria are flagged as "unconfirmed" by Birda's automated sighting verification service and are excluded from the data submission until they have been manually verified by an expert in avian taxonomy:

• the location of the occurrence falls outside of the distribution for that species as defined by Birdlife International
• there are few recorded occurrences of the species in that location

Methods

Users log a sighting or record a session (a collection of sightings) using the Birda mobile app.

Citation

White J, White N, Barker D, Evans D, Steer T, David M, Benevente S, Cunningham S, Smith E, Fonseca F, Betteridge E (2023). Birda - Global Observation Dataset. Version 1.14. Birda. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6kud7x

Digitised records