DOI: 10.15468/9hs9vv
title: Waterbird Counts at Sabaki River Mouth and Mida Creek

description: Since 2000, A Rocha Kenya (www.arocha.or.ke) has been monitoring waterbirds at two key sites on the Coast of Kenya: Sabaki River Mouth (3°10’03.4”S 40°08’41.7”E) and Mida Creek (3°20’07.2”S 39°58’26.4”E).
The total dataset includes: 257 surveys (Mida Creek:121 ; Sabaki:136), 118 taxons recorded (MC:82 ; S:109), 7'644 sightings (MC:5'110 ; S:2'534) and 9.83666^{5} individuals (MC:3.636'960 ; S:619'970).
The metadata and data are generated with an Rmarkdown file (https://a-rocha-kenya.github.io/Waterbird-counts-Sabaki-Mida/scripts/generate_gbif_files.html) based on the spreadsheet used to enter data. This script produces two table files: `events.csv`(data/events.csv) records information related to the overall surveys and `occurences.csv`(data/occurences.csv) which contains information about individual counts.
The metadata can be visualized on the dedicated Github page (https://a-rocha-kenya.github.io/Waterbird-counts-Sabaki-Mida/). The data can be visualized on a R shiny app (https://rafnuss.shinyapps.io/water_bird_count/) and downloaded directly on the Gitub repository (https://github.com/A-Rocha-Kenya/Waterbird-counts-Sabaki-Mida/).
This dataset is published as a Darwin Core Archive (https://dwc.tdwg.org/) using a sampling event dataset (https://www.gbif.org/sampling-event-data).
Events (surveys) table headers: |type |language |license |rightsHolder |ownerInstitutionCode |eventID |samplingProtocol |sampleSizeValue |sampleSizeUnit |samplingEffort |eventDate |eventTime |locationID |continent |country |countryCode |county |locality | decimalLatitude| decimalLongitude|dynamicProperties|


Occurences (counts) table headers:|basisOfRecord |eventID |occurrenceID | individualCount|taxonID |scientificName |kingdom |phylum |class |takonRank |scientificNameAuthorship |vernacularName |occurrenceRemarks |
The (incomplete) list of participants includes: Alasdair Lindop, Albert Baya, Alex Kinzer, Alex Mwalimu, Améline Nussbaumer, Amina Simba, Andrew Kinzer, Andrew McNaughton, Andy Plumptre, Annali Bamber-Jones, Apolloh James, Benjamin Suluby, Benjamin Cowburn, Benji Van Baelenberghe, Beth House, Chege Kariuki, Chris Halliwell, Colin Jackson, Daniel Kazungu, Dave Bruinsma, Dave Guenther, David Ngala, Dena Elijah, Dixon, Dónall Cross, Edwin, Eric Thuranira, Erick Karisa Menza, Fleur Ng'weno, Francis Kazungu, Frank Willems, Freshly Tsofa, Gabe LePage, George Darrah, Harry Mjambili, Hassan Matembe, Hassan Mdogo, Hilary Mwachia, Israel Lemako, Jan Van Beck, Jeff Davis, Jem Harris, Job Aben, John Gitiri, Jonathan Furaha, Joseph Ojuja, Judith Adhiambo, Judith Feldhaus, Juma Badi, Karel De La Cruz Victoria, Kate England, Katie Eshelman, Kibwana Ali, Kirao Lennox, Kirao Mwari, Kristel van Haute-Howes, Laura Sleeman, Lydia Kayaa, Lynton Baird, Marissa, Martilda Munga, Melisa, Michael Kadenge, Monicah Njambi, Mtawali, Mustafa Adamjee, Nancy Cross, Patrick Kaingu, Pauline Kazungu, Peter Musembi, Peter Ndurya, Raphaël Nussbaumer, Rehema, Robin Harris, Roni Jackson, Saddam Kailo, Salim Abdallah, Sam Oldland, Sammy Kenga, Samuel Mweni, Sarah Walker, Simon Valle, Stanley Baya, Tansy Bliss, Ted Nanninga, Timothy Mweri, Willy Kombe.