UAV imagery of wildlife colonies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 2019-2020

• Main Authors: Dickens, John, Hart, Tom, Collins, Martin, Hollyman, Philip
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","BIRDS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","MAMMALS","CARNIVORES","SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","BIRDS","PENGUINS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION","ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES","BIRDS","ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES"; remote sensing; unoccupied aerial vehicle; Antarctic; Austral; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia; San Jose; King Edward Cove; Beach Point; Barff Peninsula; Thule Island; Bay of Isles; Hound Bay; Rookery Bay; Thatcher Peninsula; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Chinstrap penguin; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Macaroni penguin; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals; Wandering Albatross; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/cc083575-2cb8-4477-be76-8d81d44cfdc5; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01483

During the 2019/20 austral summer, an unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV; drone) was used to collect imagery of breeding populations of seals, penguins and albatross. Two extensive southern elephant seal breeding sites were surveyed with complete counts made around the peak pupping date. A total of nine...