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Time-lapse imagery of gentoo penguins, as part of a camera network from Signy Island, 2016-2022
This dataset contains the imagery from a time-lapse camera installed at a gentoo penguin colony, Pygoscelid papua, around Signy Island. The camera imagery are used to monitor nest attendance of gentoo penguins at Signy. These cameras passively record colony attendance by taking automatic images each day, at a minimum of twice daily throughout each year. This dataset includes imagery for the years 2016-2022.
This dataset is part of a larger network of time-lapse cameras monitoring seabirds on Signy Island.
This monitoring contributes to the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) and is part of the annual seabird Long Term Monitoring Science carried out by the British Antarctic Survey at Signy Island.
This work was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding to the British Antarctic Survey.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2022-12-13
- Date (Revision)
- 2022-12-13
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-12-13
- Date (released)
- 2022-12-13
- Edition
- 1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/e5ab0bec-b6b2-455e-8563-1476cd11c6e0
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- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01693
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- https://data.bas.ac.uk/
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- Please cite this item as: Dunn, M.J., Adlard, S., Fox, D., Jobson, M., & Morley, T. (2025). Time-lapse imagery of gentoo penguins, as part of a camera network from Signy Island, 2016-2022 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e5ab0bec-b6b2-455e-8563-1476cd11c6e0
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- Pygoscelid papua
- Signy Island
- South Orkney Islands
- gentoo penguin
- nest attendance
- time-lapse camera
- Place
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- Signy Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica
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- This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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- Begin date
- 2016-03-05
- End date
- 2022-03-07
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- It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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Methodology:
One time-lapse camera was installed on a fixed mounting to monitor gentoo penguins' nest attendance in one gentoo colony at Signy Island. The static camera is positioned to capture a minimum of twice-daily images for the selected colony and species.
The camera operates daily all year-round with the timing of the daily images pre-programmed. The camera is annually serviced in the field where it is located. Memory cards containing images are recovered annually from the camera.
Data collection:
Reconyx trail cameras (Reconyx HC500 Hyperfire, 14x10x8cm, 1 kg). All are powered by AA batteries.
Data quality:
Each image includes a time-stamp and the temperature at the time when the photo was taken.
Imagery is not always continuous throughout the year and there may be gaps between photo timestamps.
Photos where fog, ice, or darkness obscures the colony are included in the dataset, and can be filtered out depending on the required use. Images that are completely blurry or dark have been removed.
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