Visual Tracking Data for Tern Species in the Farne Islands SPA (2010)

Visual tracking data for Arctic, common, and Sandwich terns were collected during the 2010 breeding season on the Farne Islands Special Protection Area. This resource, produced by the JNCC and UK conservation bodies, quantifies marine environment usage by tern species around their breeding colonies. The data must be used in conjunction with the JNCC Report 500 published in 2014.

Use Cases

• Modeling tern foraging ranges and marine habitat usage based on visual tracking data.
• Analyzing seasonal breeding behavior patterns during incubation and chick-rearing periods.
• Informing marine Special Protection Area (SPA) identification and management policies.
• Comparing spatial usage between Arctic, common, and Sandwich tern species.

Strengths

• Data is focused on three specific tern species (Arctic, common, Sandwich) for clear comparison.
• Collection occurred during defined biological periods (incubation and chick-rearing) in 2010.
• Data is part of a formal JNCC marine SPA identification programme with a published companion report.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) and the four UK country nature conservation bodies (CNCBs).

Collection Method

Visual tracking data collected during the breeding season.

Time Range

2010 breeding season, covering incubation and chick-rearing periods.

Freshness

Data is from a single year (2010).

Geography

Farne Islands Special Protection Area (SPA), UK.