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Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) territory surveys in English woods during 2002-2020
The dataset records the annual number of occupied Marsh Tit breeding territories in 74 individual woods and woodland patches in 14 English counties for variable periods between 2002 and 2020. Different woods were surveyed from between one spring period and for up to 17 annual springs. Territory counts were derived from a standard highly-repeatable survey methodology or from more intensive population studies that produced high quality results. Marsh Tits are a small (10 g) songbird that are specialists of mature deciduous and mixed woodlands and have undergone a substantial population decline in Britain over recent decades. Because of their large territories, Marsh Tits are difficult to monitor by passive surveys, and so these specific and more accurate methodologies were used. This data can be used to compare with other woods using the same or a comparable methodology, investigate population trends or population-habitat relationships, or to monitor population change in future repeat surveys of the same woods. The data is georeferenced and each of the 237 individual records provides the Great Britain Ordnance Survey (OSGB) National Grid x and y coordinates of the surveyed wood, and also the woodland area surveyed, name and location (county name) of the wood, year of survey, woodland type and survey method. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-04-03
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195
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- doi: / 10.5285/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195
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Broughton, R.K., Maziarz, M., Hinsley, S.A. (2020). Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) territory surveys in English woods during 2002-2020. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Broughton, R.K. Author Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Maziarz, M. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Hinsley, S.A.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Broughton, R.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Broughton, R.K., Maziarz, M., Hinsley, S.A. (2020). Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) territory surveys in English woods during 2002-2020. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195
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- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2002-01-01
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- 2020-03-01
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/8d1b93d7-b8cf-4df1-9a5d-352dc16c5195.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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Surveys took place in early spring (February to April) just prior to nesting and represent the number of breeding territories in each wood. Woods were surveyed for between 1 and 17 consecutive years from 2002 to 2020. A playback survey method was the primary method used, see Broughton et al. (2018) for full details. Some woods were also surveyed with colour-ringing during detailed population projects, involving intensive marking and re-sighting/recapture, see Broughton et al. (2010) for this methodology. Almost all surveys involved the entire woodland patch, but two large woods were only partially surveyed. These are indicated in the dataset. The territory counts for each wood are considered to be very reliable. The playback methodology was quality control tested (details in Broughton et al. 2018) and found to locate a mean 96% of birds present with a consistent estimate of territory numbers, although underestimates of approximately 10% may occur for larger woods (>70 ha).
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- English
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- 2025-11-13T16:22:50
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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