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Cox, D.T.C.; Gaston, K.J.

Movement of songbirds between supplementary feeders in urban neighbourhoods in Southern England, UK

https://doi.org/10.5285/ebee8bd9-3e68-4f88-a400-7bf72db02714 Cite this dataset
This dataset contains the time, date and location of when songbirds fitted with a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT tag) visited a bird feeder fitted with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. We tagged seven species (n = 348), with Blue tits and Great tits being the most abundantly caught. RFID bird feeders were set up in networks of 20 feeders each in urban gardens at three sites in Southern England.
Publication date: 2018-01-23

Format

Tab delimited text

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2013-09-01    to    2014-08-30

Provenance & quality

Data set was created from the raw data generated from the rfid readers, merged with ringing data and accompanied by a network plan indicating the relative positions of the bird feeders.

Supplemental information

Cox, D.T.C.; Inger, R.; Hancock, S.; Anderson, K.; Gaston, K.J. (2016). Movement of feeder-using songbirds: the influence of urban form. Scientific Reports. 6:37669.
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37669

Correspondence/contact details

Dr. Daniel Cox
University of Exeter
European Centre for Environment and Human Health, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3HD
UK
 d.t.c.cox@exeter.ac.uk

Authors

Cox, D.T.C.
University of Exeter
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-5438
Gaston, K.J.
University of Exeter
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-7928

Other contacts

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

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Animal behaviour , bird , Bird Feeders , Connectivity , Garden birds , Passive Integrated Transponders , Radio Frequency Identification , ringing (wildlife) , Urban form
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council
Last updated
08 February 2024 17:36

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

Download the data Supporting documentation

CITE AS: Cox, D.T.C.; Gaston, K.J. (2018). Movement of songbirds between supplementary feeders in urban neighbourhoods in Southern England, UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ebee8bd9-3e68-4f88-a400-7bf72db02714

© University of Exeter

© Dr Daniel T. C. Cox and Professor Kevin J. Gaston