Seasonal activity and behavioural responses to artificial light at night in migratory and non-migratory sparrows (Dataset).

Data files in support of the published research evaluating the effect of artificial light at night (ALAN) pollution on migratory and non-migratory sparrows. The study included captive experiments repeated across three seasons (spring, summer and autumn) to compare changes in individual activity and behaviour of two nocturnal migrant sparrows, Gambel’s white-crowned (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelli), white-throated sparrows (Z. albicolis), and a non-migrant house sparrow (Passer domesticus) exposed to dark control and light treatments. Birds were individually video recorded in captive indoor trials conducted in spring, summer, and autumn seasons, and tested under a range of ALAN intensities (0.15, 0.5, 1.5 and 10 lux) relative to dark control (<0.01 lux). Dataset includes raw data files from the video recorded activity and behavioural trials as well as mass and food consumption data for each bird and annotated R scripts for the data analysis. Additional supporting information was included in the manuscript available on the publishers website https://doi.org/10.1002/jav.03539