Visual Tracking data, tern species, Outer Ards SPA (2009 to 2011)

This resource includes a series of spreadsheets which provide visual tracking data from Outer Ards Special Protection Area (SPA), for Arctic, common, and Sandwich terns. The data cover the breeding seasons between 2009 and 2011, including incubation and chick-rearing periods. These data were collected as part of a wider JNCC marine SPA identification programme, in conjunction with the four country nature conservation bodies (CNCBs). The data were used to quantify usage of the marine environment by the four larger tern Sterna species around their breeding colony SPAs in the UK. These data must be used in conjunction with [JNCC Report 500: Quantifying usage of the marine environment by terns Sterna sp. around their breeding colony SPAs (Wilson et *al*. 2014)](https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/926cdbbd-c384-42a9-b9e5-81abd778bbd0).本数据集包含一系列电子表格，记录了外阿兹特殊保护区（Outer Ards Special Protection Area，SPA）内北极燕鸥（Arctic Tern）、普通燕鸥（Common Tern）及白嘴端燕鸥（Sandwich Tern）的视觉追踪数据。数据涵盖2009年至2011年的繁殖季，包含孵卵期与育雏期。 本数据系联合自然保护委员会（Joint Nature Conservation Committee，JNCC）开展的更大规模海洋特殊保护区识别项目的组成部分，由其与四家国家自然保护机构（Country Nature Conservation Bodies，CNCBs）联合采集。该数据被用于量化英国境内四种体型较大的燕鸥属（Sterna）鸟类，在其繁殖群落周边特殊保护区内对海洋环境的利用情况。 使用本数据集时，必须配合《JNCC报告第500号：燕鸥属（Sterna sp.）繁殖群落周边海洋环境利用量化研究（Wilson等，2014）》（https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/926cdbbd-c384-42a9-b9e5-81abd778bbd0）一同使用。