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Breeding success, population size, and site quality data for a population of common guillemots (Uria aalge) on the Isle of May, Scotland, 1981-2018

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
4 September 2026
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Summary

This dataset contains information on the breeding outcome, breeding site occupancy, and breeding site quality for a sample of common guillemots breeding on the Isle of May, Scotland. Data is available for all attributes from 1981-2018. These data are part of the Isle of May long-term study to assess population trends of seabirds under environmental change (IMLOTS https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/isle-may-long-term-study). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33b42f0a-12a5-47fe-aaaf-25f4ee5e13a5

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
02 September 2026
Harvest GUID
33b42f0a-12a5-47fe-aaaf-25f4ee5e13a5
Extent (Latitude)
56.224° to 56.153°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.636° to -2.491°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2022-02-01
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bennett, S., Wanless, S., Harris, M., Newell, M.A., Searle, K.R., Green, J.A., Daunt, F. (2022). Breeding success, population size, and site quality data for a population of common guillemots (Uria aalge) on the Isle of May, Scotland, 1981-2018. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/33b42f0a-12a5-47fe-aaaf-25f4ee5e13a5
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Univeristy of LIverpool (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng