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To access data from Movebank you must register for a movebank account.

1. Then, within Firetail use on of

• File > Download Data by Tag ID
• File > Download Data by Individual ID
• File > Download Data by Deployment ID

to make a dataset available locally.

2. A window will prompt you to enter your Movebank credentials. You may select to save your credentials within Firetail.

3. a list of studies will open, select a study containing acceleration and GPS data, e.g. Galapagos Albatrosses

Hint: start typing the name to quickly jump to a study of interest

Note: the study must contain valid GPS or acceleration data

4. Depending on (download by) tag, individual or deployment ID you are the asked to select a study item of this category.

5. Select one and Hit OK to start the download

You will be prompted to open the data set directly, yet it is possible to access any time later on via File > Open Downloaded Data.