07fe9dc7-d24c-509c-8e64-7080a9c0eb45 urn:uuid en UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-09-20T15:20:14 creation ISO 19115 2016 Data supporting "Satellite-tracked movements of juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea alba) and Plumed Egrets (Ardea plumifera) from the Macquarie Marshes, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" in Pacific Conservation Biology (2025) 07fe9dc7-d24c-509c-8e64-7080a9c0eb45 The data and files in these directories underpin analyses of telemetry data for two Australian waterbird species. The goal is to understand the movement strategies of these species across their life cycles in order to assist effective management. Many waterbirds are highly mobile at a range of spatial and temporal scales, which makes monitoring challenging when using traditional methods such as on-ground surveys or leg-banding. In this analysis, we used a GPS satellite telemetry dataset of 18 juveniles to investigate the movement patterns of Great and Plumed Egrets captured at the Macquarie Marshes (NSW). The study analysed dispersal movements, including timing, directions, distances, and stopover sites, as well as post-dispersal daily movement timing and distances travelled between roosts and foraging sites. This research is led by CSIRO as part of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Program (Flow-MER). It builds on and incorporates satellite tracking of straw-necked ibis, Australian white ibis and royal spoonbills conducted by CSIRO between 2016–19 as part of the Environmental Water Knowledge and Research (EWKR) Waterbird Theme. The EWKR research identified a need for additional satellite tracking of species dependent on water to feed (such as spoonbills and egrets), not just to breed (such as ibis), and for tracking of the movements of birds from additional important sites across the Basin. The dataset in this collection consists of supporting code and files for manuscript "Satellite-tracked movements of juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea alba) and Plumed Egrets (Ardea plumifera) from the Macquarie Marshes, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" published in Pacific Conservation Biology (2025). The dataset contains mp4 video files of animations of the movement paths of three tracked egrets, and code and associated figures that show the post-dispersal movement and resting behaviour of tracked egrets. Refer to the readme file for further information about the files. Egret animations/Female great egret (239904) tracked from the Macquarie Marshes 2023 – 2025.mp4 documentDigital MP4 Egret animations/Male great egret (Transmitter 239914) tracked from the Macquarie Marshes in 2023 – 2025.mp4 documentDigital MP4 Egret animations/Male plumed egret (transmitter 043A00) tracked from the Macquarie Marshes in 2023-2024.mp4 documentDigital MP4 post-dispersal_resting_moving/Egret calculations_dispersal_updated.csv documentDigital CSV post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEAugtoApril_moving.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEAugtoApril_restandmove1.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEAugtoApril_restandmove.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEAugtoApril_resting.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEMaytoJuly_moving.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEMaytoJuly_restandmove1.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEMaytoJuly_restandmove.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/GEMaytoJuly_resting.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PEallmonthsDruid_movement.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PEallmonthsDruid_restandmove1.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PEallmonthsDruid_restandmove.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PEallmonthsDruid_resting.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PEallmonthsnoDruid_movement.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PEallmonthsnoDruid_resting.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PE_restandmove1.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/PE_restandmove.jpeg documentDigital JPEG post-dispersal_resting_moving/post-dispersal_resting_moving.R documentDigital HTML