Shorebird Roosting Sites on the Victorian Coast for Oil Spill Response

The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action produced a geospatial layer identifying coastal roosting sites for shorebirds in Victoria, Australia. The data was compiled for the Victorian component of the Oil Spill Response Atlas from published, unpublished, and expert communication sources. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Planning oil spill response strategies based on identified shorebird roosting locations.
• Assessing potential environmental impacts on coastal bird populations based on site distribution.
• Informing coastal development and conservation zoning based on critical shorebird habitat.
• Supporting ecological research on shorebird distribution and habitat use in Victoria.

Strengths

• Explicitly created for a specific, high-stakes application: the Victorian Oil Spill Response Atlas.
• Synthesizes information from multiple sources, including expert communications.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (WMS, SHP, GDB, etc.) for interoperability.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Sites identified from a range of published and unpublished sources and expert communications.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:07:24.096734; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victorian coastal region, Australia.