Identification

Title

Bird abundance and distribution on Peak District farms and moorlands, 2007-2008 - RELU Sustainability of hill farming

Abstract

This data set consists of the tabulated results of bird surveys on Peak District farms and moorlands. Bird abundance and distribution on Peak District farms and moorlands, 2007-2008 The study is part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. The project used the Peak District National Park as a case study to examine the impact of hill farming practices on upland biodiversity (using birds as an indicator group); how hill farms were responding to ongoing and future changes to policies and prices; what this would in turn imply for upland biodiversity; what the public wanted from upland ecosystems and how policies could be designed better to deliver public goods from hill farms. To answer these questions, the project team conducted ecological and economic surveys on hill farms; used survey results to parameterise ecological and economic models of this farming system; developed new ways to integrate these into coupled ecological and economic models and paid particular attention to interactions across farm boundaries; used the models to evaluate the performance of existing policies and to test designs that could lead to more effective policies; and conducted a range of choice experiments with different cross-sections of the general public to evaluate their preferences for upland landscapes. Choice experiment, socio-economic survey and model data from this study are available at the UK Data Archive under study number 6363 (see online resources). Further documentation for this study may be found through the RELU Knowledge Portal and the project's ESRC funding award web page (see online resources).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-227-25-0028/read

description: Contains links various to research outputs.

function: information

http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6363

description: Catalogue record for data held at UK Data Archive.

function: information

http://relu.data-archive.ac.uk/explore-data/search-browse/project/?ID=RES-227-25-0028

description: Links to output / data holdings.

function: information

http://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/metadata/de5447b7-70bb-4a11-822b-c1f53987681e/zip_export

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/download?fileIdentifier=de5447b7-70bb-4a11-822b-c1f53987681e

description: Get a copy of this data

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

1295888468769

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Sustainability of Hill Farming - Ecology Data

2007-2008

Peak district

Agricultural economics

Agricultural policy

Agriculture

Biodiversity

Birds

Farmers

Farming systems

Farms

Habitats

Land management

Land use

Landscape

Moorlands

Rural economics

Uplands

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.485

East bounding longitude

-1.15

North bounding latitude

53.73

South bounding latitude

52.883

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

2008-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-09-18

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Research funded by Economic and Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Award Number: RES-227-25-0028 Walking transects and distance sampling were used to survey all bird species on 44 farms (where the main landholding fell within 2 km of the Moorland boundary within the Peak District National Park) and on 37 paired moorland areas nearby. Birds were counted as present if they were seen or heard within the property, irrespective of the distance from the transect. Bird surveys were carried out on two separate visits in Spring and Summer 2007.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel

version of format

unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

unknown

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

eidc@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-11-07T16:29:38

Metadata language

eng