Bird tracking – GPS tracking of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast
DataSet Animal(s) : Lesser Black-backed, Herring Gulls
DataSet Category : Birds
DataSet Country : Global
DataSet Region : Africa, Europe
DataSet Type : Research
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://www.gbif.org/dataset/83e20573-f7dd-4852-9159-21566e1e691e#description
DataSet Date : September 17, 2014
Bird tracking – GPS tracking of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast is a species occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) and described (v5.5) in Stienen et al. 2016.
The dataset contains close to 8.5 million occurrences (GPS fixes) recorded by GPS trackers mounted on 108 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 37 Herring Gulls breeding at the Belgian and Dutch coast. The trackers are developed by the University of Amsterdam Bird Tracking System and allow to study the gulls’ habitat use and migration behavior in great detail. Our bird tracking network is operational since 2013.The data collected through this bird tracking network allows to study the migration patterns and habitat use of the gulls in more detail.
The following information is not included in the dataset and available upon request: outliers, speed, temperature, barometric pressure, accelerometer data, GPS metadata (fix time, number of satellites used, vertical accuracy), bird bio metrics data measured during tagging (bill length, bill depth, tarsus length, wing length, body mass), life history data (day of ringing, age, re sightings by volunteers), as well as growth data of chicks
DataSet Agency : Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
DataSet Agency Contact : https://www.inbo.be/en
DataSet Researcher : Eric W.M. Stienen
DataSet Researcher Contact : eric.stienen@inbo.be