Correction to: Scientific Data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00579-y, published online 16 July 2020

Following publication of this Data Descriptor, it was found that the number of ticks collected was incorrectly stated in the Background & Summary section of the text. The correct number of ticks collected was 29,440. This error has been corrected in both the HTML and PDF versions of this Data Descriptor.

In the original figshare dataset, the sites O-035, O-074 and O-078 erroneously had number of ticks collected set to zero, this has been amended. Additionally, ticks were not collected at revisited sites as originally indicated, and this has also been amended in the related figshare record.