Gannet Density Surfaces in UK Waters for the Non-Breeding Season

UK waters are covered by kriged density surfaces for gannets during their non-breeding season. The data was produced by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee using ESAS data. It was last updated on 2026-04-14.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabird habitat use based on kriged density surfaces.
• Assessing potential conflicts with marine activities based on gannet distribution.
• Studying non-breeding season ecology of a protected seabird species.
• Creating baseline distribution maps for environmental impact assessments.

Strengths

• Data is derived from ESAS, a recognized survey source for seabirds.
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined as UK waters.
• Last update date is precisely recorded as 2026-04-14 09:45:11.600051.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and survey-method bias inherent to the ESAS source.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Kriging interpolation applied to ESAS (European Seabirds at Sea) survey data.

Time Range

Non-breeding season (specific years unknown).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:11.600051; freshness should be verified.

Geography

UK waters.