Red-footed booby (Sula sula) nest monitoring at Lots Wife, mainland St Helena 2014-2016

The dataseries is a collection of infra-red motion sensor camera images taken from a Red-footed booby (Sula sula) nest site at Lots Wife, Sandy Bay, mainland St Helena from 2014 to 2016.

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Last Updated October 23, 2023, 15:42 (CEST)
Created October 23, 2023, 15:42 (CEST)
Region Saint Helena
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2014
Temporal Extent End 2016
Dataset Reference Date 2016
Lineage A infra-red motion sensor Bushnell Trophy camera was positioned at a Red-footed booby (Sula sula) nesting site at Lots Wife Masked booby (Sula dactylatra) colony, mainland St Helena. The camera was used to document the nesting attempts of white morph red-footed boobies between 2014 and 2016. ~24051 images were captured and a minimum of five individual nesting attempts documented. Behaviours identified from images included preening, feeding, nest building, stretching, egg rotation and copulation. Images are stored on an external hardrive at St Helea Government (SHG).
Spatial Reference System EPSG:4326
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open
Resource Reference Open but Please acknowledge data source as: St Helena Government, Environmental Managament Division, Marine Conservation Section. Oceanographic influences on the St Helena pelagic ecosystem. A Darwin PLUS Initiative project funded by the UK government.
Data Format jpg, pdf
Update Frequency not planned - survey completed
Accuracy unknown
Resource Type DataSet
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2022/10/10
Metadata Point of Contact data.manager@sainthelena.gov.sh
Unique Resource ID SH-SHG-353