Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- ME-2 Monitoring the estuary along the Zeeschelde - waterbirds
- title in nl
- ME-2 Monitoring estuarium langs de Zeeschelde - watervogels
- Description in English
- Since October 1991, the number of waterbirds are monthly counted by INBO along the Zeeschelde, from the Belgian-Dutch border to Ghent. Originally, counting occurred during winter (October - March), from 1993 counting also occurs during the summer. Summer counts (April (except June) - September) between Antwerp and Ghent stopped in 2018/19. In summer, counting is only done on an area-wide basis in June. Since the winter of 1995/1996, counting has also been done along the Rupel (Rupel estuary - sas van Wintam). Countings are done from a boat at low tide and spread over three days. All waterfowl species (and waders) are counted since the beginning, gulls and terns are counted since October 1999. Counts along the tributaries (except the part between the Rupel estuary to Wintam) occur from the river bank by volunteers. Gulls, terns, curlews, lapwings and moorhens have been counted along the tributaries since October 1999.
- Abstract in English
- Monthly counts of observed waterbirds for the Zeeschelde and its tributaries.
- License
- https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
- bibliographicCitation
- Estuaries. Research Institute for Nature and Forest: Belgium; (2021): ME-2 Monitoring the estuary along the Zeeschelde - waterbirds.
Temporal coverage
- Temporal
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- Start date
- 1991-10-15
- Accrual periodicity
- Seasonally
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Waterbirds
Themes
- theme
- Biology > Birds
- Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
- Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries)
Taxonomic terms
- Taxon
keywords
- Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
- Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816
- Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758
- Anas sibilatrix Poeppig, 1829
- Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758
- Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)
- Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Anser caerulescens Brisson, 1760
- Anser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802)
- Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787)
- Anser indicus (Latham, 1790)
- Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
- Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
- Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770)
- Aythya valisineria (Wilson, 1814)
- Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)
- Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
- Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
- Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
- Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758
- Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
- Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
- Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801)
- Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)
- Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chloephaga picta (Gmelin, 1789)
- Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)
- Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
- Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)
- Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758
- Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763)
- Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758
- Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
- Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811
- Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758
- Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
- Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758
- Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820
- Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840
- Larus minutus Pallas, 1776
- Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766
- Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Mergus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
- Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758
- Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773)
- Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)
- Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
- Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
- Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783)
- Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, 1831
- Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
- Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758
- Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758
- Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764)
- Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764
- Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
- Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
- Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)
- Tadorna cana (Gmelin, 1789)
- Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764)
- Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790)
- Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764)
- Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
- Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758
- Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
- Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758)