Silver Gull Sightings in German Offshore Areas by Season and Year

Individual sightings in German offshore areas for the bird species Silver gull (Larus argentatus). The data are based on seabird surveys carried out as part of the BfN monitoring programme by the Research and Technology Centre West Coast (FTZ) Büsum. Individual layers show the distribution of the species divided into seasons for individual monitoring years.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal habitat use of Silver gulls based on the described seasonal distribution layers.
• Analyzing changes in seabird distribution over time based on the multi-year monitoring data.
• Informing marine spatial planning and conservation efforts based on the described offshore sighting locations.

Strengths

• Data is based on a structured monitoring programme conducted by a named research institute (FTZ Büsum).
• Sightings are geolocated to German offshore areas and segmented by season and monitoring year.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Seabird surveys carried out as part of the BfN monitoring programme by the Research and Technology Centre West Coast (FTZ) Büsum.

Geography

German offshore areas