General Information
Data owner Malcolm Burgess
Contact m.d.burgess@exeter.ac.uk
Institution PiedFly.Net
Conditions of use/Licence Dataset available via request to SPI-Birds
Data available via pipeline Yes
Quality check of the original data Thorough manual check through checking outliers, impossible values, typos etc.

 

Study site
Name Dinas, UK
Size (ha) 25,8
Major site changes No
Latitude 51°46' N
Latitude 2°34' W
Number of nest boxes (min) Unknown - hundreds
Number of nest boxes (max) Unknown - hundreds
Vegetation Type Sessile oak dominated
Description of study site Dominated by Sessile Oak with lesser amounts of Silver Birch Betula pendula and Rowan Sorbus aucuparia, and a poorly developed understorey consisting mainly of Hazel Corylus avellana with occasional Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and Holly Ilex aquifolium bushes. There was a sparse ground cover of moss, grasses, Bracken Pteridium aquilinum, Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and Bramble Rubus fruticosus. The surrounding landscape is a mixture of permanent pasture and, at higher altitudes, moorland and coniferous plantations.

 

Species
Species Pied flycatcher
Start year 1980
End year NA
Continuous collection of data No
Gap years 2001
Longest data collection 20
Parental ID's recorded Yes
List of basic breeding data collected First egg date, Clutch size, Number fledged, Unhatched eggs
Description of the protocols for breeding data collection NA
Description of the protocols for taking individual level measurements NA
Experimental manipulations No
Description of experimental manipulations NA
Predation events recorded Yes
How are second clutches recorded? Coded in data with replacement clutches those initiated in the same or neigbouring box, was laid >30 days after the first egg laying date for that species in that year, or female identify indicated second clutch. Second clutches (2 records) where female identity confirmed for both attempts.

 

Catching data
Individual data Yes
Type of individual data Age, immigration status, wing, adult mass, chick mass
Feeding data No
Type of feeding data NA
Other catching data No
Roosting checks No
Winter ringing No
Colour rings No
Tags No
Other No

 

Genetic data
Blood samples No
Feather samples No
Other samples No
Samples analysed N/A

 

Environmental data
Food availability data Yes, frass monitored 2009-2011 and 2014
Temperature data MIDAS Land and Marine Surface Station Data= Ystradffin (scr_id 1113)
Rainfall data MIDAS Land and Marine Surface Station Data= Ystradffin (scr_id 1113)
Other environmental data No