bmdc.be:dataset:2922 English UTF-8 Dataset Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Point of contact 2026-09-15T15:30:20.751Z Geographic information -- Metadata ISO 19115:2003/19139 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 Marine bird abundance dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D1C2 2025-02-13 Creation 2026-09-14 Revision 2026-09-15 Publication Digital Object Identifier 2016-05-19 https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2922 Belgian Marine Data Centre bmdc.be:dataset:2922 http://metadata.naturalsciences.be This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens, Koen Devos (n.d.). Marine bird abundance Report MSFD 2024. (2) Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen (n.d.). Marine bird abundance: seabirds at sea. (3) Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen (n.d.). Marine bird abundance: seabirds at sea Report MSFD 2024. (4) OSPAR assessment on Marine Bird Abundance. This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 2. This dataset reports the population abundance (number of individuals, biomass) of benthic-feeding, pelagic-feeding, surface-feeding and wading birds in Belgian waters, combining yearly breeding-colony nest counts along the Belgian coast with ship-based at-sea seabird counts. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Custodian Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien info@naturalsciences.be https://www.naturalsciences.be http Owner Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien info@naturalsciences.be https://www.naturalsciences.be http Publisher https://metadata.naturalsciences.be/geonetwork/images/harvesting/MSFD-logo.jpg large_thumbnail jpg Oceanographic geographical features Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Reporting INSPIRE Federal government Federal government Federale Overheid Gouvernement Fédéral Bundesregierung Oceanographic geographical features Ozeanografisch-geografische Kennwerte Oceanographic geographical features Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques Oceanografische geografische kenmerken Theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Publication 1.0 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance) Theme European Legislation Identifier Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel Belgian part of the North Sea Place Marine Regions 2018-02-21 Publication 10 marine monitoring Marine Strategy Framework Directive Theme GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1 2021-06-01 Publication 4.2.1 Directive 2008/56/EC Theme INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets 2018-04-04 Publication Biological diversity maintained Theme NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0 2017-02-25 Publication 3.0 Oceanographic Geographical Features Theme INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts 2013-03-25 Publication Environment Theme Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium 2019-01-31 Publication National National Nationales Nationaal National Theme INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope 2019-05-22 Publication Earth observation and environment Theme High-value dataset categories 2023-09-05 Publication (Criteria) D1C2 - Population abundance Theme Eionet Central Data Repository 2018-06-15 Publication Other restrictions No conditions apply to access and use https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other restrictions No limitations on public access. No limitations on public access. Geen beperkingen op openbare toegang. Pas de restrictions concernant l'accès public. Öffentliche Zugang nicht beschränkt. No conditions apply to use. No conditions apply to use. Geen voorwaarden in verband met gebruik. Aucune condition ne s'applique à l'utilisation. Es gelten keine Bedingungen zum Nutzung. 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Eric Stienen, Wouter Courtens, Koen Devos An HTTP link to view information Information Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Custodian Unknown 0.426707 https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/msfd_media/documents/D1-ANS-BE-BIRD-ABU-SEA-2024-Marine_bird_abundance_at_sea.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Marine bird abundance: seabirds at sea Report MSFD 2024. Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen An HTTP link to view information Information Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Custodian application/vnd.ms-excel Unknown https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/7727/DATA_ANS-BE-BIRD-ABU-SEA-2024-Seabirds%20at%20Sea.xlsx WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Marine bird abundance: seabirds at sea. Eric Stienen, Nicolas Vanermen An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel Download https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2922 DOI Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Dataset COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services Verordening (EU) n r. 1089/2010 van de Commissie van 23 november 2010 ter uitvoering van Richtlijn 2007/2/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende de interoperabiliteit van verzamelingen ruimtelijke gegevens en van diensten met betrekking tot ruimtelijke gegevens Règlement (UE) N° 1089/2010 de la Commission du 23 novembre 2010 portant modalités d'application de la directive 2007/2/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil en ce qui concerne l'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1089/2010 der Kommission vom 23. November 2010 zur Durchführung der Richtlinie 2007/2/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates hinsichtlich der Interoperabilität von Geodatensätzen und -diensten 2010-12-08 Publication See the referenced specification See the referenced specification Zie de gerefereerde specificatie Voir la spécification référencée Siehe die angegebene Spezifikation true In the port of Zeebrugge, all nests containing one or more eggs are counted; data on other coastal breeding sites are (sometimes rough) estimates of the number of breeding pairs. At-sea abundance is assessed through ship-based counts following the standardized European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) protocol (Tasker et al., 1984). Monitoring is carried out by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO): breeding-colony counts since 1997, ship-based at-sea counts since 1992 (partly through dedicated research projects, e.g. the WinMon offshore-windfarm-effects programme, 2005-present); contributing to the OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme and the EU Birds Directive. In-situ nest counts (land/beach survey); ship-based visual seabird counts (ESAS protocol), from ships of opportunity and dedicated research surveys. Aggregation of nest/breeding-pair counts and at-sea count data; contribution to the OSPAR EcoQO assessment.