The data are organized into seven Excel files on how black kites negotiate wind conditions when they: depart for migration (depart for migration.xlsx), travel and compensate for lateral drift (drift.xlsx), travel and negotiate axial winds (forward.xlsx), stop for a staging stop over (stop for stopover.xlsx), retake their migratory journey after a stopover (start from stopover). Two further Excel files examine how wind negotiation improves within the individual (improvements.xlsx) and is subject to mortality selection (survival & slope.xlsx)., This dataset incorporates data on wind negotiation and response to drift by migratory black kites., Part of the study was funded by Natural Research Ltd and research projects CGL2008-01781 (F.S.), CGL2011-28103 (F.S.), CGL2012-32544 (J.B.) and PGC2018-095860-B-I00 (F.S.) of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation/Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER funds, 511/2012 (J.B.) of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (Autonomous Organism of National Parks), JA-58 (F.S.) of the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía and by the Excellence Projects RNM 1790 (F.S.), RNM 3822 (F.S.), RNM 7307 (F.S.) and P18-FR-4239 (F.S.) of the Junta de Andalucía. J.M.B was supported by Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2020/030)., File List: Depart for migration.xls, Depart for stopover.xls, Drift.xls Forward.xls, Improvements.xls, Stop at stopover.xls, Survival & slope.xls., Peer reviewed

The data are organized into 10 spreadsheets within a single Excel file on the impact of drought on: prey availability, nestlings' provisioning rates, probability of breeding, clutch size, hatching success, brood reduction, predation rate, number of young fledged per breeding pair, number of young fledged per territorial pair, body condition, body size., Part of the study was funded by Foundation Jaime González-Gordon and by the research projects 1602/2015 of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (Autonomous Organism of National Parks), PGC2018-095860-B-I00 of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities with Feder Funds, and P18-FR-4239 of the Andalucía Autonomous Region (Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad)., Peer reviewed

The overall dataset is composed of two files: an Excel file and a Geographic Information System shape file. The Excel dataset contains information on how drought affected the predation by Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus on the broods of raptorial Black kites Milvus migrans, following a disease-driven crash in the density of rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus, which is a keystone prey for both predators. Data were collected on lynx predation, the abundance of rabbits and various measures of the behavioural, life history and demographic response by kites to lynx predation, such as nest-site selection, territory change, territory extinction, longevity and lifetime reproductive success. The shapefile contains the areas covered by surface water on different dates, corresponding to cloud-free Landsat images available for the study area and for each year of the study of predation by lynx on kites. For each year, the shape file includes the inundation layers for the Landsat images available between 15 February and 30 March and the images available just before and just after this temporal window., This dataset was funded by the research projects PGC2018-095860-B-I00, PID2022-138848NB-I00 and PID2025-171524NB-I00 of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities with Feder Funds, and P18-FR-4239 of the Andalucía Autonomous Region (Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad)., Peer reviewed