Captive Red Deer Behaviour and Movement Video Recordings, Prague 2023

18 adult red deer (13 male, 5 female) were recorded continuously using two speed dome IP cameras across three periods in 2023. The video data was collected at the VUZV facility in Uhrineves, Prague, Czech Republic, as part of the NERC-funded project 'NE/X010368/1: Sleep in the landscape of fear'. This dataset is intended to be paired with biologging collar data for studying sleep behaviour.

Use Cases

• Analyzing sleep patterns and rest-activity cycles based on continuous video recordings.
• Studying movement and social interactions of captive deer mentioned in the description.
• Correlating visual behavioural observations with concurrent biologging collar sensor data.
• Developing or validating computer vision models for automated animal behaviour recognition.

Strengths

• Video data was collected continuously from 18 individual animals.
• Recordings span multiple months across three distinct periods in 2023.
• Dataset is paired with biologging data from a specific NERC-funded research project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and geographic bias inherent to a single captive facility.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Recorded using two speed dome IP cameras on captive deer.

Time Range

13/06/23 - 1/8/23; 04/09/23 - 08/11/23; 13/11/23 - 21/11/23

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-09 20:14:10.708398; freshness should be verified.

Geography

VUZV facility, Uhrineves, Prague, Czech Republic