Public-Reported Swooping Bird Incidents in Victoria, Australia

A citizen-science dataset of swooping bird incidents reported by the public across Victoria, Australia. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) maintains the data to inform the public of hotspots and gather intelligence on problem birds. Records include incident date, location, species, number of birds, and additional comments.

Use Cases

• Map seasonal bird aggression hotspots based on public-reported location and date data
• Analyze species-specific swooping behavior patterns based on reported bird species
• Assess public engagement and reporting trends in wildlife incidents based on comment and date fields
• Inform temporary route planning for cyclists and pedestrians based on geospatial incident clusters

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
• Contains multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, GDB, SHP, MIF, DXF, EXTENDED TAB, TAB) for flexibility
• Sourced from direct public observation, providing ground-level intelligence

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to voluntary public reporting

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

Collection Method

Populated by the public via a map-based reporting tool during nesting seasons

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified; likely seasonal.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 07:51:52.878108; freshness should be verified

Geography

Victoria, Australia