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First egg dates for great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) breeding in three deciduous woods in Cambridgeshire, England in 1993 to 2016

This dataset contains first egg dates for great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) from Monks Wood, Brampton Wood and Wennington Wood in Cambridgeshire, England, over a 23 year period. The dataset runs from the breeding season in 1993 to the end of the breeding season in 2015. The first egg dates are presented as the number of days from the start date which was set as the 1st April each year. Because the timing of breeding of great tits and blue tits is influenced in large part by ambient temperature and the phenology of their main prey, the data were collected as a measure of spring phenology. These data comprise part of a larger long-term study of the influence of habitat (extent, structure and composition) and landscape factors on abundance, distribution and breeding success of woodland birds in English lowland deciduous woodland. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2efa9bf4-e5c0-42f9-8fcb-90dca2bb9c66

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Date (Publication)
2016-04-07
Date (Creation)
2015-12-31
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2efa9bf4-e5c0-42f9-8fcb-90dca2bb9c66
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/2efa9bf4-e5c0-42f9-8fcb-90dca2bb9c66
Other citation details
Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E. (2016). First egg dates for great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) breeding in three deciduous woods in Cambridgeshire, England in 1993 to 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2efa9bf4-e5c0-42f9-8fcb-90dca2bb9c66
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Hinsley, S.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Hinsley, S.A.
Author
  RSPB - Bellamy, P.E.
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Maintenance note
Dataset is complete
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E. (2016). First egg dates for great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) breeding in three deciduous woods in Cambridgeshire, England in 1993 to 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2efa9bf4-e5c0-42f9-8fcb-90dca2bb9c66
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Metadata language
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Character set
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Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
1993-01-01
End date
2015-12-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
  • Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Field data collected by trained and experienced personnel. Egg dates have been checked against original paper records. Numbers of lines of data have been checked and data values have been checked for outliers. Individual egg date values have been checked against mean values per year for each site.
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Character set
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Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:23:45
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
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