Processed Un-crewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images of gentoo and chinstrap penguin and South Georgia shag colonies on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2016-2018

• Main Author: Dunn, Michael
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2022
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","POPULATION DYNAMICS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","MARINE BIOLOGY","MARINE BIRDS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","BIRDS","PENGUINS"; ""EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS","POPULATION DYNAMICS"; Chinstrap penguin; Colony count; Gentoo penguin; Population; Signy Island; South Georgia Shag; Un-crewed Aerial Vehicle; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/6f687000-8a7b-4207-9a5c-8d1429397c70; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01604

Images of bird colonies on Signy Island, South Orkney were collected by low-altitude aerial photography from multirotor Un-crewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Three species were included in this study; gentoo (Pygoscelis antarctica) and chinstrap (Pygoscelis papua) penguin and South Georgia shag (Leucocarbo atriceps georgianus). Data were collected in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 field seasons. Mosaic images were created for colonies surveyed with multiple frames by stitching together individual images. : For data collection and analysis please see Dunn et al (2021) : UAV model and photographic equipment 2016/2017 season: DJI Phantom 4 Pro 188 quadcopter with integrated camera mounting a FOV 94degrees 20mm f/2.8 lens UAV model and photographic equipment 2017/2018 season; Inspire 2 quadcopter (DJI Shenzhen, China; https://www.dji.com/uk/inspire-2) with DJI X5s Camera with Micro 4/3 Sensor and wide angle fixed lens DJI MFT 15mm/1.7 ASPH 186 24mm equivalent (https://www.dji.com/zenmuse-x5s/info). Software: AutoPanoGiga Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Fiji-Image J