MOESM13 of BMC Ecology Image Competition 2016: the winning images

Abstract

Additional file 13. “G407 is an immature gannet that was fitted with a unique colored band and a GPS logger, which is just visible on the tail. Steve Votier and I tagged this bird as a part of project run by University of Glasgow’s Jana Jeglinski, which investigates the movements of gannets before they settle down to breed, as very little is known about this 4–5 year period. These solar-powered loggers ‘text’ GPS data via the mobile phone network, so the bird can be tracked in real time until the bird naturally shed the tag as she replaced her tail feathers. After leaving RSPB Grassholm Island in West Wales, a colony of 36,000 breeding pairs, she travelled to Ireland, Cornwall and France!” Attribution: Bethany Clark (University of Exeter, UK)

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