Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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Country
United Kingdom
Species
Blue tit
Great tit
Pipeline
No
Max. nr nestboxes
40
Running period
2003–Present
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Environmental data
Rainfall
Temperature
Individual data
Morphological measures
Personality data
Basic breeding
Yes
Feeding at nest data
Yes
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General Information 
Responsible partyJulia Mackenzie (ORCID: 0009-0001-5809-5693)
Contactjulia.mackenzie@aru.ac.uk
 
OrganisationAnglia Ruskin University
Other team membersNancy Harrison
Data availabilityno data available through SPI-Birds
Data license 
Funding 
Study site 
NameCambridge University Botanic Garden
IDCBG
CountryUnited Kingdom
Size (ha)16.5
Major site changes 
Latitude (decimal degrees N)52.1936
Longitude (decimal degrees E)0.12815
Minimum elevation (m) 
Maximum elevation (m) 
Number of nest boxes (min)20
Number of nest boxes (max)40
EUNIS habitat codeX: Habitat complexes | X11: Large parks
Description of study sitehttps://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/the-garden/about-the-garden/ | https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12166 
Data 
SpeciesCyanistes caeruleus, Parus major
Start year2003
End year2024
Continuous collection of dataNo
Gap years2020
Longest data collection 
Taggingmetal leg ring, coloured leg ring (only adults), transponder (PIT tags since 2024)
 
Brood data collectedbrood size, clutch type, fledgling number, hatch date, lay date, clutch size
Individual data collectedage, size (weight, wing, tarsus, etc.), personality scores, feeding
Environmental data collectedtemperature, rainfall, vegetation
Genetic data collected 
Experimental manipulationsBlue tits: neophobia experiments in 2023
Description of experimental manipulations 
Other activities 

Details

Country
United Kingdom
Species
Blue tit
Great tit
Pipeline
No
Max. nr nestboxes
40
Running period
2003–Present
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Environmental data
Rainfall
Temperature
Individual data
Morphological measures
Personality data
Basic breeding
Yes
Feeding at nest data
Yes