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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Metadata Language: English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-04-07

Dataset Reference Date (): 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

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dr. Shelley Hinsley

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Hinsley, S.A.

RSPB - Bellamy, P.E.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Maintenance note: Dataset is complete

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Phenology
Brampton Wood
Wennington Wood
breeding
deciduous woodland
great tits
blue tits

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Other constraints: 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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Biota

Begin date: 1993-01-01

End date: 2015-12-31

Code: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Dataset Reference Date (): 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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Metadata Date: 2022-05-20T10:39:54

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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