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Metadata: 2014, Natural Power Consultants, Zone 1 - Moray Firth, OfTI Ornithology Update
Abstract:
In March 2014, the Scottish Government awarded Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) consent for the construction and operation of 1.116MW of offshore wind generation in the Outer Moray Firth. As part of their consent application, MORL submitted an Environmental Statement (ES) chapter detailing the Offshore Transmission Infrastructure (OfTI). Since the submission of the MORL ES, the National Grid, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission and MORL have agreed to change the grid connection point from Peterhead to New Deer. The existing OfTI Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will therefore require updating to reflect this change. Production of an offshore ornithology chapter, including baseline, impact assessment and cumulative impact assessment. The baseline will focus on data gathered from digital aerial surveys and desk-based reviews. Surveys were carried out (2009 to 2012) and provided to the Crown Estate in those years so no additional datasets are included here. Boat based survey (2010-2012) and Aerial survey (2009 to 2010 and 2011).
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19552 |
| 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, Natural Power Consultants, Zone 1 - Moray Firth, OfTI Ornithology Update |
| 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. | d891a64d-c63a-4b57-b05c-ce76210201d1 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-334 |
| 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 | 2014-06-30 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-06-30 |
| 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. | In March 2014, the Scottish Government awarded Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) consent for the construction and operation of 1.116MW of offshore wind generation in the Outer Moray Firth. As part of their consent application, MORL submitted an Environmental Statement (ES) chapter detailing the Offshore Transmission Infrastructure (OfTI). Since the submission of the MORL ES, the National Grid, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission and MORL have agreed to change the grid connection point from Peterhead to New Deer. The existing OfTI Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will therefore require updating to reflect this change. Production of an offshore ornithology chapter, including baseline, impact assessment and cumulative impact assessment. The baseline will focus on data gathered from digital aerial surveys and desk-based reviews. Surveys were carried out (2009 to 2012) and provided to the Crown Estate in those years so no additional datasets are included here. Boat based survey (2010-2012) and Aerial survey (2009 to 2010 and 2011). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Desk based literature reviews were carried out to collate the most up to date information on aspects of seabird amd migratory species within the modified OfTI. Boat based surveys between April 2010 and March 2012 followed the technique for ship-based seabird surveys outlined by Camphuysen et al. (2014) and the recommendations to improve this methodology outlined by MacLean et al. (2009). Full details of the Aerial surveys can be found in MORL 2012 Technical Appendix 4.5 A. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| 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 | 58.6362 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.0914 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.6799 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.6625 |
| 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 | EDP Renewables | |
| Individual name | Emily Swain | |
| emily.swain.external@edpr.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 | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Natural Power Consultants | |
| Position name | Consultant | |
| sayhello@naturalpower.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | EDP Renewables | |
| Individual name | Emily Swain | |
| emily.swain.external@edpr.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-334/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. | 2026-09-10 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-09-27 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-09-10 |
| 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 |