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Metadata: 2014, Royal Haskoning DHV, Kentish Flats Extension, Intertidal Phase 1 Survey
Abstract:
A pre-construction Phase 1 intertidal survey was undertaken for the Kentish Flats Extension Offshore Wind Farm at the export cable landfall site, adjacent to Hampton Pier, Herne Bay. The objective of the survey was to provide a baseline for identifying any changes that may occur following construction of the landfall site, due to occur in July 2015. The survey was carried out on the 10th September 2014 during a spring low tide to allow as much of the intertidal area to be surveyed as possible. The survey was conducted for approximately 2 hours either side of low tide. Prior to the survey, maps were annotated with the assistance of previous biotope maps and aerial photographs. During the survey all biotopes were recorded and their spatial extent mapped using Ordnance Survey maps as a baseline. Any species encountered were recorded as target notes. The majority of the shore is sandy and is classed as LS.LSa.MuSa.MacAre (Macoma balthica and Arenicola marina in littoral muddy sand), with a barren shingle ridge present at the upper shore (LS.LCS.Sh.BarSh). The remains of the old Hampton Pier comprised of boulders covered with mussels and barnacles (LR.LHR.MusB.MytB). The distribution of these biotopes is similar to those recorded in the 2002 survey for the existing Kentish Flats export cable landfall area. An additional biotope of Barnacles and Littorina spp. on unstable eulittoral mixed substrata (LR.FLR.Eph.BLitX) was recorded during this survey, adjacent to the littoral rock, comprising of cobbles over sediment. The cobbles were covered with barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) and occasional mussels (Mytilus edulis).
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19395 |
| 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. | 2014, Royal Haskoning DHV, Kentish Flats Extension, Intertidal Phase 1 Survey |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Intertidal Phase 1 Survey |
| 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. | c849b7c2-c180-4779-887e-d89f67ecf579 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-844 |
| 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 | 2014-09-10 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-09-10 |
| 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'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | A pre-construction Phase 1 intertidal survey was undertaken for the Kentish Flats Extension Offshore Wind Farm at the export cable landfall site, adjacent to Hampton Pier, Herne Bay. The objective of the survey was to provide a baseline for identifying any changes that may occur following construction of the landfall site, due to occur in July 2015. The survey was carried out on the 10th September 2014 during a spring low tide to allow as much of the intertidal area to be surveyed as possible. The survey was conducted for approximately 2 hours either side of low tide. Prior to the survey, maps were annotated with the assistance of previous biotope maps and aerial photographs. During the survey all biotopes were recorded and their spatial extent mapped using Ordnance Survey maps as a baseline. Any species encountered were recorded as target notes. The majority of the shore is sandy and is classed as LS.LSa.MuSa.MacAre (Macoma balthica and Arenicola marina in littoral muddy sand), with a barren shingle ridge present at the upper shore (LS.LCS.Sh.BarSh). The remains of the old Hampton Pier comprised of boulders covered with mussels and barnacles (LR.LHR.MusB.MytB). The distribution of these biotopes is similar to those recorded in the 2002 survey for the existing Kentish Flats export cable landfall area. An additional biotope of Barnacles and Littorina spp. on unstable eulittoral mixed substrata (LR.FLR.Eph.BLitX) was recorded during this survey, adjacent to the littoral rock, comprising of cobbles over sediment. The cobbles were covered with barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) and occasional mussels (Mytilus edulis). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | An intertidal Phase 1 walkover survey was conducted at the proposed cable route landfall site, adjacent to Hampton Pier, Herne Bay. The survey was conducted by a suitably qualified marine ecologist and followed guidance set out in the Handbook for Marine Intertidal Phase 1 Biotope Mapping Survey (Wyn et al. 2006) and the JNCC’s Marine Habitat Classification system for Britain and Ireland Version 04.05 (Connor et al. 2004). The survey was undertaken either side of low tide to ensure that as much of the intertidal zone as possible was surveyed. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary structure |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pre-Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Renewable Energy Lease area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cable Landfall | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Intertidal zone | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land cover | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.473833 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.1424 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.373278 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.0327 |
| 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 | Vattenfall | |
| MDE@vattenfall.com | ||
| 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 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Royal Haskoning DHV | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 20 7280 3200 | |
| info@peterborough.royalhaskoning.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd | |
| Individual name | Jasmine Brown | |
| hello@heat-customers.vattenfall.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-844/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | 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. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| 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. | 2025-05-15 |
| 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. | 2026-03-19 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |