Long term data from the Hanko Bird Observatory
Citation
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (2025). Long term data from the Hanko Bird Observatory. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hskrkp accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.Description
Daily counts of the Hanko Bird Observatory include following data types since year 1979: (i) counts of local staging birds, (ii) counts of visual diurnal migration, (iii) standardized visual migration counts, (iv) additional observations outside the core observation area, and (v) counts of night migration.
Sampling Description
Sampling
Counts of migrating and staging birds. Methods described in Vähätalo, A. V., Rainio, K., Lehikoinen, A. & Lehikoinen, E. 2004: Spring arrival of birds depends on the North Atlantic Oscillation. — Journal of Avian Biology 35: 210–216.Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
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Animaliarank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Hanko, Tulliniemi
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Aleksi Lehikoinenadministrative point of contact
email: halias@tringa.fi
FinBIF
administrative point of contact
email: helpdesk@laji.fi