Abstract:
This dataset contains the imagery for two time-lapse cameras installed at two chinstrap penguin colonies, Pygoscelid antarcticus, around Signy Island. The camera imagery are used to monitor nest attendance of chinstrap penguins at Signy. These cameras passively record colony attendance by taking automatic images each day, throughout each year. This dataset includes imagery for the years 2015-2022.
This dataset is part of a larger network of time-lapse cameras monitoring seabirds on Signy Island.
This monitoring contributes to the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) and is part of the annual seabird Long Term Monitoring Science carried out by the British Antarctic Survey at Signy Island.
This work was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (UK) core funding to the British Antarctic Survey.
Keywords:
Pygoscelid antarcticus, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, chinstrap penguin, nest attendance, time-lapse camera
Dunn, M.J., Adlard, S., Fox, D., Jobson, M., & Morley, T. (2025). Time-lapse imagery of chinstrap penguins, as part of a camera network from Signy Island, 2015-2022 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/dcb10aa8-1274-4214-ba24-7a0400613e9f
| Access Constraints: | There are no access constraints. |
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| Use Constraints: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. |
| Creation Date: | 2022-12-13 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Planned |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Michael J Dunn |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Stacey Adlard |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Derren Fox |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| Name | Matt Jobson |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Tim Morley |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Aberdeen |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
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| Quality: | Each image includes a time-stamp and the temperature at the time when the photo was taken. Imagery is not always continuous throughout the year and there may be gaps between photo timestamps. Photos where fog, ice, or darkness obscures the colony are included in the dataset, and can be filtered depending on the required use. Images that are completely blurry or dark have been removed. |
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| Lineage/Methodology: | Two time-lapse cameras installed on fixed mountings monitor chinstrap penguins' nest attendance at two chinstrap penguin colonies at Signy Island (one camera per colony). These static cameras are positioned to capture a minimum of twice-daily images of selected colonies for the species. The cameras operate daily all year-round with the timing of the daily images pre-programmed. The cameras are annually serviced in the field where they are located. Memory cards containing images are recovered annually from both cameras. |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2015-12-16 |
| End Date | 2022-03-09 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -60.73091 |
| Northernmost | -60.73091 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -45.58801 |
| Easternmost | -45.58801 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -60.7303 |
| Northernmost | -60.7303 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -45.58966 |
| Easternmost | -45.58966 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Data Resolution: | |
| Latitude Resolution | N/A |
| Longitude Resolution | N/A |
| Horizontal Resolution Range | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution Range | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution | 2x min. throughout each year |
| Temporal Resolution Range | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | Signy Island, South Orkney Islands |
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| Data Collection: | Reconyx trail cameras (Reconyx HC500 Hyperfire, 14x10x8cm, 1 kg). All are powered by AA batteries. |
| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | N/A |
| Distribution Size | 4.4GB |
| Distribution Format | JPEG |
| Fees | N/A |
| Data Storage: | Images are in .JPEG format and separated into folders for each camera. Folder structure is as follows: Species - start_date - end_date With start_date as the first image's date and end_date as the last image's date. |