ad331dcc-d0fa-4816-b1e6-d36f9f899c49
http://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=birds_fallen_at_danish_lighthouses-1895-1939
Birds fallen at Danish Lighthouses 1883 through 1939
Sree
Selvantharan
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Data mobilisation staff
Copenhagen
DK
selvantharan@snm.ku.dk
Isabel
Calabuig
DanBIF, Natural history Museum of Denmark
Node manager
DK
icalabuig@snm.ku.dk
http://www.danbif.dk
Jan Bolding
Kristensen
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum
Collection manager (Birds)
DK
Jtbkristensen@snm.ku.dk
curator
2017-06-16
dan
This dataset presents occurrence records and notes of birds extracted from the multiple volumes of “Fuglene ved de danske Fyr 1883-1939” (i.e. “Birds at the Danish Lighthouses 1883-1939”).The dataset was created firstly by digitizing the book volumes "Fuglene ved de danske Fyr" into PDF files, OCR-ing the PDF files and finally extracting relevant data and compiling them in a database file. In the period 1883-1939, there were 45 lighthouses and lightships functioning in Denmark. This dataset contains specific occurrence records and notes on bird species that struck 2 of these, namely Lodbjerg Fyr and Hanstholm Fyr. The dataset covers records from during the nights of bird migration period from the years 1886 through 1939 (there were no occurrence records or notes on Lodbjerg Fyr and Hanstholm Fyr between 1883- 1885 and 1887-1888). A total of 1212 records were generated with 742 records from Lodbjerg Fyr and 470 records from Hanstholm Fyr. A detailed description of the sampling and digitization process may be found at: http://danbif.dk/se-eksempler/fyrfaldne-fugle/.
The two specific lighthouses Lodbjerg Fyr and Hanstholm Fyr were selected for extraction from the book volumes through a suggestion from the Thy National Park, Denmark (http://nationalparkthy.dk/). They wanted to use these specific occurrence data for an exhibition project. This databasing effort has been co-funded by Thy National Park and DanBIF.
Future projects could include to extract data on more lighthouses from these digitized book volumes, all available at http://danbif.dk/se-eksempler/fyrfaldne-fugle/.
The number of specimens of the fallen birds that were sent by light keepers to the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen was also recorded in this dataset. These birds were carefully preserved and catalogued by collection workers at the museum and the specimens can still be found there today. Observations on weather conditions during nights when birds were observed by light keepers were also included.
Data from this dataset were extracted from “Report on Birds in Danmark, 1886” (published by Ornis) and Fuglene ved de danske Fyr volumes (published in Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i København). Most of the book volumes were compiled by Herluf Winge (1857-1923), a Danish zoologist who studied mammalian dentition. After the early death of his brother, Oluf Winge (1855-1889), who was a leading Danish ornithologist at his time, Herluf helped to compile "Fuglene ved de danske Fyr": Birds at the Danish Lighthouses 1891-1910 and until 1912 he supplemented this with his own bird observations.
Fuglene ved de danske Fyr
Birds at the Danish Lighthouses
observations
occurrences
migration
bird species
Lodbjerg Fyr
Hanstholm Fyr
ZMUC
Denmark
n/a
Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
http://danbif.dk/links/litteratur/fyrfaldne-fugle/
Denmark
7.45
16.08
57.97
54.48
1883
1939
Aves, Birds
class
Aves
Birds
unkown
Isabel
Calabuig
DanBIF, Natural history Museum of Denmark
Node manager
DK
icalabuig@snm.ku.dk
http://www.danbif.dk
The dataset was created firstly by digitizing the book volumes "Fuglene ved de danske Fyr" (UK:Birds at the Danish Lighthouses 1883-1939) into PDF files, OCR-ing the PDF files and finally extracting relevant data and compiling them in a database file.
Lighthouses in Denmark
Sigtings of birds and collecting of fallen birds were conducted by the light keepers. The fallen birds were sent to the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Wind speed was measured according to the Beaufort scale (http://www.dmi.dk/laer-om/temaer/vejr/vejrgudernes-hvirvlende-dans/beaufort-skalaen/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale ). Wind description for this dataset can be found at http://danbif.dk/links/litteratur/Fyrfaldne-fugle_Vind_Forkortelser.pdf.
2014-09-03T12:22:30.883+02:00
dataset
DanBIF 2014, Selected Bird records from DanBIF online litterature resource: "Fuglene ved de danske Fyr, 1883 - 1939" (UK:Birds at the Danish Lighthouses 1883 through 1939). http://danbif.dk/links/litteratur/fyrfaldne-fugle/
ad331dcc-d0fa-4816-b1e6-d36f9f899c49/v1.1.xml