GENERAL INFORMATION
Title of dataset: Cattle grazing observations.
Authors involved with sample collection, processing and/or analysis: Kareemah Chopra, Tom C. Cameron and Edward A. Codling.

Contact Author: Kareemah Chopra
ORCID ID: 0009-0003-1427-3384
Institution: University of Essex
Address: Wivenhoe Park,
Colchester, Essex
CO4 3SQ, 
UK
Email: km19088@essex.ac.uk

Dates of data collection: 03/10/2023, 04/10/2023, 08/10/2023, 15/10/2023, 16/10/2023, 23/10/2023, 27/10/2023 and 03/11/2023.
Geographic location of data collection: Boat Field, Highwoods Country Park, Colchester, Essex, UK (central GPS coordinates of 51.902883, 0.910765).

Funding: This research was funded by the University of Essex Impact Acceleration Account awarded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Grant Ref: BB/X511171/1).


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Cattle (n = three individuals) were equipped with GPS sensors via coloured collars and continuously observed at a distance for a mean of two hours per day (ranging from 30 minutes to three hours per day). Each of the three collared individuals were all observed during each observation period, except on 16/10/2023 where data were collected from cattle ID 294364 only. Individuals were recorded as either grazing or not grazing, with the observer primarily focussing on a focal individual. An individual was considered to be grazing when observed with their head lowered, actively consuming vegetation and not ruminating. 


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
Number of variables: five.
Number of rows: 1000 (including column names).

Variable List: 
Column 1. Time- values are in format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm and range from 03/10/2023 10:40 to 03/11/2023 13:11, UTC or UTC + 1 (BST). 
Column 2. Cattle ID (n = three individuals).
Column 3. Cow collar- colour of collar individual was equipped with (red, black or red/black).
Column 4- Observer- two individuals (EC and TC).
Column 5- Grazing- Y (grazing) or N (not grazing).