I-WeBS Data Requests

Data are typically provided for the most recent five year period, unless otherwise requested.

 

Please Note that annual peak count data is available online for all I-WeBS sites at this link. 

• Please consult the map of I-WeBS sites and subsites here, and use the site and subsite codes when requesting data in the sections below. If data requests are not in the correct format you will have to resubmit before it can be processed
  • Sites = large areas encompassing many subsites. A larger, defined ecological unit. E.g. Dublin Bay is an I-WeBS site. 
  • Subsites = smaller areas that combine to form a site. E.g. Dublin Bay is comprised of 20 I-WeBS subsites.

 

• There is no need to specify the site if requesting subsite-level data only.
• Click the '+' tab to add more sites or subsites to your list.

BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service will treat the completed Data Request Form in confidence. Data will only be released upon receipt of a completed Data Request Form, which legally binds the applicant to the conditions of use.

 

Conditions of use

1.       Data are for use only by the specified party/parties on whose behalf the Data Request Form is completed. The signatory is responsible for ensuring that those using data held by BirdWatch Ireland abide by the conditions given here.

2.       Data are not passed to a third party.

3.       Data are supplied only for the uses or specific analyses stated on the Data Request Form. A further form must be completed for any uses additional to those originally described.

4.       The survey and project partners will be acknowledged wherever the data provided are used, in publications, reports, papers etc. as follows: “Data were supplied by the Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS), a scheme coordinated by BirdWatch Ireland under contract to the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage”.

5.       Raw data are not to be given verbatim in any presentation, publication, report etc. without prior written permission from the I-WeBS office.

6.       No data will be published on the internet without prior written permission from the I-WeBS office.

7.       Copies of any report or publication will be supplied, free of charge, to BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. In the case of confidential reports, only relevant sections using the bird data provided will be required. This requirement may be waived under certain conditions, e.g. student dissertations, at the discretion of the project partners.

8.       Permission to use the data supplied expires 12 months after approval. All copies of the data, including those on database, should be destroyed/ removed at this time. A renewal proforma, requesting an update of the status of the data request, will be issued at this time.

 

Failure by the User to abide by the conditions above may jeopardise the release of data in future requests. Project partners may impose further conditions of use of the data or substitutions for them where specific exemptions are agreed. In such cases, applicants will be notified before data are released.

 

Whilst every effort is made to ensure data held are correct, BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service cannot accept responsibility for any errors in data provided. We will always seek to provide the most recent data available. BirdWatch Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service cannot be held responsible for any misuse or misrepresentation of the data supplied.