Bird census at the beach of Doñana Natural Space

Manuel Mañez1, Carlos Rodriguez1, Kyle Braak2

1 Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), , Spain; 2 GBIF, 

Corresponding author(s): Manuel Mañez (mmanez@ebd.csic.es), Carlos Rodriguez (carlos_r@ebd.csic.es)

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Resource Citation

Mañez M, Rodriguez C (2023). Bird census at the beach of Doñana Natural Space. Version 2.7. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/z6dyzs http://doi.org/10.15470/z6dyzs

Abstract

Counts of birds (non Passerines and crow) using vehicle-based transect along the Beach of the Natural Space of Doñana.

Keywords: Samplingevent, species composition, relative abundance, endangered species, macrofauna, census, biodiversity, Puffinus mauretanicus, Larus audouinii., Samplingevent

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=donana

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Shore birds.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Actitis hypoleucos, Alca torda, Anas acuta, Anas clypeata, Anas crecca, Anas penelope, Anas strepera, Apus sp, Ardea cinerea, Arenaria interpres, Calidris alba, Calidris alpina, Charadrius alexandrinus, Charadrius dubius, Charadrius hiaticula, Chlidonias hybrida, Chlidonias niger, Chroicocephalus genei, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Circus cyaneus, Corvus corax, Egretta garzetta, Falco peregrinus, Falco tinnunculus, Haematopus ostralegus, Himantopus himantopus, Hydroprogne caspia, Larus argentatus, Larus audouinii, Larus fuscus, Larus marinus, Larus melanocephalus, Larus michahellis, Limosa lapponica, Melanitta nigra, Mergus serrator, Milvus migrans, Morus bassanus, Numenius arquata, Numenius phaeopus Pandion haliaetus, Phalacrocorax carbo, Philomachus pugnax, Pluvialis apricaria, Pluvialis squatarola, Puffinus yelkouan, Recurvirostra avosetta, Stercorarius parasiticus, Stercorarius skua, Sterna bengalensis, Sterna hirundo, Sterna paradisaea, Sterna sandvicensis, Sternula albifrons, Tringa totanus

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Beach of the Natural Space of Doñana.
Coordinates: 36°48'18''N and 36°58'55.2''N Latitude; 6°31'44.4''W and 6°20'49.2''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1993 - December 31, 1993

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Conduct 29km transect driving in 4x4 vehicle at constant speed (10-20 km/h) monthly between days 10 and 20 looking for the best morning low tide.
- . 	Divide transect into three sections 13.5km (CAMA), 7.5km (MAZA), and 8km (ZACA) by using the easily recognisable reference points of Zalabar and Carbonero watchtowers. CAMA means Carbonero-Matalascañas (the beach resort), MAZA means Malandar-Zalabar (Malandar is the name of the point where the river joins the ocean), and ZACA means Zalabar-Carbonero (the two watchtowers). Considering that maximum width of the beach is around 300m, these transects cover 4 km2, 2.1 km2, and 2.4 km2, respectively
- . 	For each section (of transect), for each bird (non Passerines and crow) species observed, record its name and number of individuals counted, stopping the car when necessary.
- . 	For each section (of transect), record wind speed (6 categories from calm to gale), wind direction, sky conditions (6 categories from sunny to rainy), and sea conditions (6 categories from calm to very rough).
- . 	Match each identification (scientific name) against the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as a quality control, and augment each identification with the matching species' higher taxonomy.
Study extent description: Protected in 1968, Doñana National Park (537 km2) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, a Ramsar Site and a Natural World Heritage Site. The site contains 25 km-long dune ecosystem and its respective shoreline along which the band census method was applied monthly during one year.
Sampling description: The band census method is applied along the National Park beach in Southeast-Northwest direction. Transect is conducted at constant speed (10-20 km/h) during the morning low tide. This allows higher visibility (sunlight coming from the back). Stops were made when necessary (counting or identification). Wind speed (6 categories from calm to gale), wind direction, sky conditions (6 categories from sunny to rainy), and sea conditions (6 categories from calm to very rough).
Quality control description: Each identification (scientific name) is matched against the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as a quality control to make sure that each identification is correct.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Bird census at the beach of Doñana Natural Space
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=donana
Publication date of data: 2023-06-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-09-29
Hierarchy level: Dataset