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Beck, K.B.; Firth, J.A.; McMahon, K.; Croft, S.; Cole, E.F.; Sheldon, B.

Bird breeding data for Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK, 2020 and 2021

https://doi.org/10.5285/ae6f821a-35a1-4a37-af4d-ca7cb1c83a10
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This dataset contains information on the following: nest building, identity of breeding pairs, date when the first egg is laid, number of eggs, hatch date and the number and condition of fledglings for great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and coal tits. The data presented were collected in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK during April and June in 2020 and 2021 by Keith McMahon, Sam Croft and Kristina Beck, as part of a long-term nestbox project on the breeding biology of birds. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/S010335/1), The ecology of behavioural contagion in natural systems.
Publication date: 2022-03-07
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
GB place names

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2020-04-01    to    2021-06-30

Provenance & quality

During April - June, all nestboxes were visited weekly to obtain records of nest building, the identity of the breeding pair, the date when the first egg is laid, the number of eggs, hatch date, and the number and condition of fledglings. These data were entered into our internal Edward Grey Institute (EGI) Bird data Management Project application (EBMP), where they underwent a number of quality checks. The data provided here were extracted from EBMP. In csv format for deposit into the EIDC.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Beck, K.B.; Firth, J.A.; McMahon, K.; Croft, S.; Cole, E.F.; Sheldon, B. (2022). Bird breeding data for Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK, 2020 and 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ae6f821a-35a1-4a37-af4d-ca7cb1c83a10

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Correspondence/contact details

Sheldon, B.
University of Oxford
 ben.sheldon@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Authors

Beck, K.B.
University of Oxford
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-0207
Firth, J.A.
University of Oxford
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-4115
McMahon, K.
University of Oxford
Croft, S.
University of Oxford
Cole, E.F.
University of Oxford
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5240-7828
Sheldon, B.
University of Oxford
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5240-7828

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University of Oxford
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
INSPIRE theme
Habitats and Biotopes
Keywords
Animal behaviour , bird , blue tit , breeding , coal tit , Cyanistes caeruleus , great tit , marsh tit , ornithology , Parus ater , Parus major , Parus palustris
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S010335/1
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21 March 2025 09:34