Seabird Colony Register
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The Seabird Colony Register (SCR) is a database
, managed by the British
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
, which contains counts of breeding seabird
s at British seabird colonies made between 1969 and 1998, which is used for analysing past changes in breeding seabird numbers and changes in their colony size
in Britain and Ireland.
Data included in the SCR include results of two complete seabird censuses of Britain and Ireland: Operation Seafarer (1969/70) and the Seabird Colony Register Census (1985-87), as well as ad-hoc counts and counts from other surveys. Data are held for all 25 species of seabird breeding throughout Britain and Ireland.
The SCR has been partially superseded by the Seabird 2000 database.
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
, managed by the British
United Kingdom
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is the statutory adviser to the UK Government on national and international nature conservation. Its work contributes to maintaining and enriching biological diversity, conserving geological features and sustaining natural systems...
, which contains counts of breeding seabird
Seabird
Seabirds are birds that have adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations...
s at British seabird colonies made between 1969 and 1998, which is used for analysing past changes in breeding seabird numbers and changes in their colony size
Group size measures
Many animals, including humans, tend to live in groups, herds, flocks, bands, packs, shoals, or colonies of conspecific individuals. The size of these groups, as expressed by the number of participant individuals, is an important aspect of their social environment...
in Britain and Ireland.
Data included in the SCR include results of two complete seabird censuses of Britain and Ireland: Operation Seafarer (1969/70) and the Seabird Colony Register Census (1985-87), as well as ad-hoc counts and counts from other surveys. Data are held for all 25 species of seabird breeding throughout Britain and Ireland.
The SCR has been partially superseded by the Seabird 2000 database.