Intertidal Sediment Survey of Cosheston Pill with Reference to Shelduck Distribution

Cosheston Pill provides an important sanctuary for a number of wildfowl and wader species including redshanks, curlew and shelduck. Previous studies had shown that in Cosheston Pill shelduck appeared to frequent certain areas of the Pill preferentially- this dataset contains the results of an intertidal sediment survey designed to investigate this preference further. The purpose of data capture was to assess whether or not shelduck feeding area preference in Cosheston Pill were related to variation in the distribution of their prey species and therefore related to spatial variations in the characteristics of the sediments.

Identifier: NRW_DS111187

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Five sample stations were established, three in an area where shelduck were known to congregate and two in areas they avoided. At each station two replicate biology samples and a sample for grain size analysis, organic matter and calcium carbonate determination were collected. All organisms from the sample for biological analysis were identified to the lowest practicable taxon and counted. Statistics were applied to the data to determine the numerically dominant taxa and diversity and dominance indices.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 1990-04-30

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1990-02-12

End date: 1990-02-12

Topic category

Biota

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) -

c/o Natural Resources Wales, Maes Y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Originator

Field Studies Council (FSC) -

Head office, Preston Montford, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HW, England

http://www.field-studies-council.org/

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) -

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword: soil and sediment

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Paper copy of survey report (includes site map, sediment grain size data, taxon lists, results of statistical analysis etc) Data on JNCC's copy of Marine Recorder

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Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation: This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Lineage: Five sample stations were established, three in an area where shelduck were known to congregate and two in areas they avoided. At each station two replicate biology samples and a sample for grain size analysis, organic matter and calcium carbonate determination were collected. All organisms from the sample for biological analysis were identified to the lowest practicable taxon and counted. Statistics were applied to the data to determine the numerically dominant taxa and diversity and dominance indices.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

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Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

Daugleddau
sediment epifauna
tadorna tadorna
Cosheston Pill
marine sediments (coastal sediments) (intertidal sediments) (subtidal sediments)
sediment infauna
Daugleddau estuary
shelduck
intertidal
feeding behaviour
prey species
marine sediments (coastal sediments) (intertidal sediments) (subtidal sediments)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2025-01-08

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Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts
Sediment grain size parameters
Concentration of organic matter in sediments
Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance

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Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

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Code: Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326)

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NRW Related Title: Cosheston Pill intertidal sediment survey, with reference to the distribution of shelduck

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File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313131313837 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2025-11-07T15:56:15.477Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Intertidal Sediment Survey of Cosheston Pill with Reference to Shelduck Distribution

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