Cameron, Thomas (2026) Social Media based waterbird UK hunting bag. [Data Collection]
Cameron, Thomas (2026) Social Media based waterbird UK hunting bag. [Data Collection]
Cameron, Thomas 2026. Social Media based waterbird UK hunting bag. [Data Collection]. Colchester, University of Essex. 10.5526/ERDR-00000249
Collection description
These are the raw data on waterbirds legally harvested by UK hunters posting on one of two Facebook based social media groups. These data are used in a linked publication in the journal "Wildlife Biology" to generate estimates (and uncertainty in those estimates) or the relative harvest of different wild waterbird quarry species.
| Item Type: | Data Collection | ||||||||
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| Division: | Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of | ||||||||
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QL Zoology |
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| Keywords: | hunting, ecology, ducks, geese, waterbirds, hunters | ||||||||
| Research funder: | N/A | ||||||||
| Depositor: | Thomas Cameron | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2026 13:10 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2026 13:10 | ||||||||
| URI: | http://researchdata.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/249 |
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| Country: | United Kingdom | ||||
| Data collection method: | Images posted in social media groups were viewed online and information on the number, sex, age and species of each bird harvested was recorded. See paper in Wildlife Biology for details Exploring sources of uncertainty in the estimate of waterfowl harvest in the United Kingdom Matthew B. Ellis, Hannah M. Lewis, Tom C. Cameron | ||||
| Data type: | Code, Database | ||||
| Metadata language: | English | ||||
| Resource language: | English |
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| Access conditions: | no conditions by all means enquire | ||||||||||||
| Data processing and preparation activities: | See paper in Wildlife Biology for details Exploring sources of uncertainty in the estimate of waterfowl harvest in the United Kingdom Matthew B. Ellis, Hannah M. Lewis, Tom C. Cameron* *tcameron@essex.ac.uk |
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