Lots Wife Masked Booby Colony 2013-2014

A year distribution of masked boobies within Lots Wife mainland colony (Saint Helena). Period of survey 2013-2014. A year project funded by the Seabird Group. UK charity focussed on Atlantic species.

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Last Updated June 24, 2025, 05:47 (PDT)
Created June 24, 2025, 05:47 (PDT)
Region Saint Helena
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2013
Temporal Extent End 2014
Dataset Reference Date 2014
Lineage Waypoints were collected using GPS device. Each waypoint is the nest, or roosting, or territory location of masked boobies within the colony. Information collected are: number of birds, age, nest content, color and metal ring, date and time of survey. The nests have been identified with a number and the nest content has been coded as it follows: EG=egg; DWF= downy with feathers, NC= naked chick; NrF= near fledged, DC= downy chick, unknown= impossible to describe. The ring number column comprises: ring numbers, unkown= impossible to say if bird has or not a ring; ringed = has a metal ring but unable to identify the number; BLANK. Accuracy comprises of: approximate= coordinates manually input; exact within 5 metres.
West Longitude -5.74654
South Latitude -16.0238
East Longitude -5.72213
North Latitude -16.0063
Spatial Reference System EPSG:4326
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
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Access Limitations Restricted, data environmentally and commercially sensitive, however anonymised data is open to researchers on the basis of a research agreement
Use Constraints Restricted, but open subject to limitations and prior agreement with responsible organisation. Copyright must be cited
Resource Reference Cite copyright: (c) St Helena Government
Data Format csv
Update Frequency monthly
Accuracy less than 10 metres
Resource Type dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 22/12/2015
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Unique Resource ID SH-EMD-206