GPS tracks of chinstrap penguins at the South Orkney Islands, 2011-2019 [Version 2.0]

This dataset comprises Global Positioning System (GPS) data for chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelid antarcticus, at the South Orkney Islands (Signy, Monroe, Powell and Laurie island) from 2011 to 2019. Chinstrap penguins were fitted with GPS tags between December to January (austral summer) to better understand their movement for seabird conservation and management. The data includes GPS positions at specified intervals for deployed tags, with additional metadata on the morphology of the birds, their deployment, and breeding.





Work was carried out by personnel at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding to BAS.





This is an updated version of a previous dataset. There have been additional tracks included with further quality control carried out.

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2025-03-03
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2025-03-03
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2025-03-03
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Please cite this item as: Trathan, P.N., Lowther, A., Manco, F., Ratcliffe, N., & Manthorpe, S.J. (2025). GPS tracks of chinstrap penguins at the South Orkney Islands, 2011-2019 [Version 2.0] (Version 2.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8f8ccba5-01af-4b00-8a3b-c3c85b24bf92

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Trathan, Philip

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Norwegian Polar Institute

Lowther, Andrew

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Anglia Ruskin University

Manco, Fabrizio

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British Antarctic Survey

Ratcliffe, Norman

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British Antarctic Survey

Manthorpe, Sarah

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NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre

PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk

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  • Chinstrap penguin

  • GPS

  • Global Positioning System

  • Pygoscelid antarcticus

  • Signy Island

  • Tracking
Place

  • Signy Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica

  • Monroe Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica

  • Powell Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica

  • Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands Antarctica

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Begin date
2011-12-29
End date
2019-01-24
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.

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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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2008-11-12
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European Petroleum Survey Group

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6.18.3

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Methodology:

Global Positioning system (GPS) devices were fitted to 313 chinstrap penguins at the South Orkney Islands (listed below) over four seasons between December and January, 2011 to 2019. Breeding penguins were caught during incubation, brood and creche periods and fitted with GPS loggers (Sirtrack Fastloc) using Tessa tape and a two-part quick-setting glue. Handling time did not exceed 10 minutes for deployment and 5 minutes for retrieval. Loggers were always less than 1 percent of the bird's body mass.





Devices were retrieved on average after 4.7 days.





GPS loggers recorded locations every 4 minutes, with longer intervals if the GPS could not connect to satellites (when the bird was underwater). GPS data includes a timestamp along with the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees.





The number of deployed tags per year are as follows:



Signy Island:



2011 -2012: 11



2013-2014: 25



2015-2016: 28



2018-2019: 59





Laurie Island:



2011-2012: 60





Monroe Island:



2015-2016: 65





Powell Island:



2013-2014: 68

Data collection:

Sirtrack Fastloc 33 F2G133A (38.4 g in air, 65 x 28 x 22 mm) with 40 mm whip antenna



Sirtrack Fastloc 33 F3G133A (31.0 g in air, 63 x 24 x 22 mm) with 40 mm whip antenna

Data quality:

Values which were null or reported as 0.00 in the latitude and longitude columns were removed.





This is a version 2 of a previous dataset, that included GPS and TDR tags together. Errors found in the metadata and data were rectified in this version, which also includes a broader spatial and temporal coverage of tracks.





Where the sex of the bird was not known, 'U' was used in the metadata file.

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NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre

polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk

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Chinstrap penguin GPS Global Positioning System Pygoscelid antarcticus Signy Island Tracking
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Habitats and biotopes
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Diurnal Movements EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Feeding Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Food-web Dynamics EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Indicator Species EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Population Dynamics EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Range Changes EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Trophic Dynamics EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology


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