GPS tracking data of Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) from the Netherlands and Belgium

By

Van Der Kolk, Henk-Jan
Desmet, Peter
Oosterbeek, Kees
Allen, Andrew M.
Baptist, Martin
Bom, Roeland
Davidson, Sarah
De Jong, Jan
De Kroon, Hans
Dijkstra, Bert
Dillerop, Rinus
Dokter, Adriaan M.
Frauendorf, Magali
Milotic, Tanja
Rakhimberdiev, Eldar
Shamoun-Baranes, Judy
Spanoghe, Geert
Van De Pol, Martijn
Van Ryckegem, Gunther
Vanoverbeke, Joost
Jongejans, Eelke
Ens, Bruno J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1123

Pages

31--45

Subjects

Acceleration measurements , animal movement , behaviour , bio-logging , bird tracking , habitat use , machine observation , Movebank , oystercatchers , time budget , UvA-BiTS

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1123.90623

 

Abstract

We describe six datasets that contain GPS and accelerometer data of 202 Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) spanning the period 2008–2021. Birds were equipped with GPS trackers in breeding and wintering areas in the Netherlands and Belgium. We used GPS trackers from the University of Amsterdam Bird Tracking System (UvA-BiTS) for several study purposes, including the study of space use during the breeding season, habitat use and foraging behaviour in the winter season, and impacts of human disturbance. To enable broader usage, all data have now been made open access. Combined, the datasets contain 6.0 million GPS positions, 164 million acceleration measurements and 7.0 million classified behaviour events (i.e., flying, walking, foraging, preening, and inactive). The datasets are deposited on the research repository Zenodo, but are also accessible on Movebank and as down-sampled occurrence datasets on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS).