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Diet, timing of egg laying and breeding success data for Isle of May European shag population 1985-2015

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Environmental Information Data Centre
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18 September 2026
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Summary

Data on timing of breeding, breeding success and diet of the European shag, sampled from the Isle of May population. The data were collected between 1985 and 2015 by visually checking nests and collecting regurgitated diet samples. 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/10.5285/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
15 September 2026
Harvest GUID
6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976
Extent (Latitude)
56.231° to 56.141°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.65° to -2.462°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2020-10-14
Dataset reference date (creation)
2020-10-06
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Keogan, K., Lewis, S., Howells, R.J., Newell, M.A., Harris, M.P., Burthe, S., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, S., Phillimore, A.B., Daunt, F. (2020). Diet, timing of egg laying and breeding success data for Isle of May European shag population 1985-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6231bd5b-ee2d-4cca-a9ef-88006ffa4976
Responsible party
Marine Scotland Science, University of Edinburgh (author); (author, pointOfContact, publisher, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng