Rottnest Island

Digital Birding Database

This is a database that stores historical personal records, and the results of testing the Digital Birding Tool. The records in this database have all been collected by Piers Higgs (with more experienced birders like Mike Higgs, Roy Teale and David Kimball looking over his shoulder). This database has been developed as a proof of concept that you can obtain data in a format that you want for a report from a web database.

Summary Information

The database currently holds:

To populate the database, we use the Digital Birding Tool as a data capture device, then the records are quality controlled in a desktop Microsoft Access database, and then uploaded to the web database. We are currently working on making an interface to the web database that removes the need for the middle step of an Access database, and better software for the Digital Birding Tool.

Site Information

Choose a site* in the following field and press the Submit button to find out more information on that particular site. You can access details such as species lists and number of birds, as well as survey effort, and a Google Earth Placemark for the site. You can also click on a species name to see where else this species has been recorded.

 

Species Information

Are you more interested in finding a particular species? If so, choose one of the common names from the list below, and you will be able to see where that species has been recorded. By clicking on a site name, you can then go to a site-specific results list for that site.

 

For more information on the Digital Birding Database, please feel free to contact us, or look at the Digital Birding Tool product page for specific information on that.

* Some sites in the database are not available for browsing. Most sites have had site locations gathered using either a GPS unit, or through the Google Earth application.