Avian Flu App View: Citizen Reports of Dead Birds in the Netherlands

Avian Flu App View is an uncontrolled dataset containing notifications of dead birds reported via a mobile application. Reports were submitted by land management organizations, including State Forest Management, Animal Aid Organisation, Water Boards, and the Hunters’ Association. The dataset is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark license.

Use Cases

• Mapping potential avian influenza outbreaks based on citizen-reported locations of dead birds.
• Analyzing reporting patterns and biases in uncontrolled citizen science data.
• Correlating bird mortality events with environmental or seasonal factors mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data originates from multiple authoritative land management and wildlife organizations.
• Published under a permissive CC-PDM-1.0 license, allowing broad reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is described as uncontrolled, with no periodic verification of report accuracy.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and last update date are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Reports gathered via a mobile Bird Flu App from organizations including State Forest Management, Animal Aid Organisation, Water Boards, and Hunters’ Association.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands, based on the publishing ministry and organization names.