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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Aerial Monitoring of Common Scoter Melinitta nigra in Carmarthen Bay 2010 - 2011</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=007_NRW_DS115216</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Carmarthen Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) was classified as the UK's first SPA in 2003 on the basis of holding at least 1% (16,000 individuals: Wetlands International 2006) of the biogeographic population of common scoter Melanitta nigra. Common Scoter feed on bivalves and other invertebrates such as polychaetes and amphipods which are found in abundance in the shallow waters (less than 10 m) in Carmarthen Bay.

 Common scoter are also listed as a UK BAP species. Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) has supported ground based counts since 1996, following the Sea Empress oil spill. The purpose of this data capture was to collect information regarding the abundance and distribution of common scoters in the Carmarthen Bay SPA.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20120228</dc:date>
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