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Metadata: 2009, COWRIE, Revised Best Practice Guidance for the Use of Remote Techniques for Ornithological Monitoring at Offshore Windfarms
Abstract:
This COWRIE report updates the Desholm et al. (2005) document on the use of remote techniques for ornithlogical monitoring for offshore windfarm studies. However, Desholm et al. (2005) did not provide offshore windfarm developers with clear and practical guidance on the ‘best practice’ application of remote techniques for effectively observing the behaviour of target bird species. In the UK, ‘best practice’ guidance to highlight appropriate remote techniques for assessing behaviour of individual target species, or groups of species, has been much needed. Consequently, the implementation of remote techniques in ornithological assessments within Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) was variable during Round 1 (R1) and Round 2 (R2) in the UK.The aim of this report was not to re-iterate technical information contained within the original COWRIE report but to provide clear ‘best practice’ guidance. Our aim is to ensure that this guidance is applicable for ornithological assessments made within the planning and EIA process for the STWR and R3in the UK.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
Use constraints:
http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5088 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2009, COWRIE, Revised Best Practice Guidance for the Use of Remote Techniques for Ornithological Monitoring at Offshore Windfarms |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 977ecc865211479b986301d84a64eb2c |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 3935 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2026-04-19 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2026-04-19 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This COWRIE report updates the Desholm et al. (2005) document on the use of remote techniques for ornithlogical monitoring for offshore windfarm studies. However, Desholm et al. (2005) did not provide offshore windfarm developers with clear and practical guidance on the ‘best practice’ application of remote techniques for effectively observing the behaviour of target bird species. In the UK, ‘best practice’ guidance to highlight appropriate remote techniques for assessing behaviour of individual target species, or groups of species, has been much needed. Consequently, the implementation of remote techniques in ornithological assessments within Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) was variable during Round 1 (R1) and Round 2 (R2) in the UK.The aim of this report was not to re-iterate technical information contained within the original COWRIE report but to provide clear ‘best practice’ guidance. Our aim is to ensure that this guidance is applicable for ornithological assessments made within the planning and EIA process for the STWR and R3in the UK. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Remote techniques as defined in Section 2 of this report have the potential to provide a robust and valuable role for bird monitoring at offshore windfarms. However, they are only part of the solution in terms of effective monitoring in a scientifically rigorous and integrated manner. It is important that they are neither regarded as default techniques nor, alternatively, as methods to be ignored by developers because of their apparent novelty or cost. Remote techniques should be integrated effectively with existing methods to enable timely and comprehensive EIA as well as pre and post construction monitoring. In particular, they offer much utility for collecting data that other techniques simply cannot accomplish. Issues surrounding mass movements in low visibility, darkness and over large spatial scales or temporal periods can all be overcome by remote techniques. Tagging studies can provide direct individual based data from birds from which to refine understanding of potential impacts, enabling better-informed assessments. The consortium has been keen to stress the importance of an integrated approach to all bird monitoring at offshore windfarms (through an IOMP concept) as part of the STWR and R3 process. Therefore, dependent on the location of the proposed site/zone and the bird species present (and the behaviours which may place them at risk from the presence of an offshore windfarm), remote techniques have a particular role to play. The integrated monitoring requirements for a site or zone can be usefully mapped out within the simple framework (Section 2.4) proposed by the consortium, in order to determine the contribution which remote techniques can make to the overall ornithological assessment. Remote techniques should always be viewed as complementary to, rather than a replacement of standard survey techniques (notably aerial and boat-based surveying) and modelling (e.g. population viability analysis, collision risks analysis etc.). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird behaviour | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 60.767202863875 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 2.68743327034 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.039998103786 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -9.3331285579078 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | COWRIE Secretariat | |
| Position name | COWRIE | |
| Phone | 01635550380 | |
| Fax | 01635550230 | |
| Delivery point | c/o Nature Bureau International, 36 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5SJ | |
| cowrie@offshorewind.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.offshorewindfarms.co.uk | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | RPS Group | |
| Individual name | Richard Walls and Chris Pendlebury | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 131 555 5011 | |
| Delivery point | Ocean Point One, 4th Floor | |
| Postal code | EH6 6JH | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| wallsr@rpsgroup.com | ||
| URL | http://www.rpsgroup.com/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences | |
| Individual name | Kate Brookes and Paul Thompson | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1224 272861 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)1224 272396 | |
| Delivery point | Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue | |
| Postal code | AB24 2TZ | |
| City | Aberdeen | |
| Administrative area | Aberdeenshire | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| k.brookes@abdn.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/biologicalsci/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/240/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | copyright | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2009-06-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2009-06-01 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2009-08-25 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.5 |