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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2016-2017, Jon Ford Environmental Consultancy, Kentish Flats Extension, Ornithological Survey Annual Report</dc:title>
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  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=015_5f7f471b-adac-4195-b891-7be1b3b840b9</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This report presents the results of the bird monitoring programme that has been undertaken between October 2016 and March 2017. It forms the second year of the post-construction phase monitoring of the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm Extension. The purpose of this report is to document the surveys that have been undertaken during this period, including the survey routes covered, present estimates of the bird populations present, and discuss the main findings of the surveys including a comparison with the previous survey results and assessment of any influence of weather conditions and other relevant information that may have affected species abundance and behaviour.

The main aim of this phase of the work is to determine the distribution and abundance of seabirds using the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm Extension (KFE) site and its surrounds after construction of the wind farm, and compare this with the pre-construction baseline. Standard survey methodologies have been used, following Camphuysen et al. (2004) and have remained consistent throughout the surveying undertaken.

The KFE is located in the Outer Thames Estuary, approximately 7 kilometres off the north Kent coast. KFE extends over an area of 7.8km2. The original Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm has been operational since 2005 and consists of 30 x 3MW wind turbines. Offshore construction of the KFE commenced in April 2015 with the installation of turbine foundations. Piling of the turbine foundations was completed on 23 May 2015. Turbine installation was completed on 10 August 2015, and all 15 turbines were generating power to the National Grid from 12 September 2015.

The KFE development comprises 15 x 3.3MW wind turbines. Two export cables have been installed alongside the existing cables and come ashore near to Hampton Pier, Herne Bay. The onshore cable route follows the existing Kentish Flats cable route to the Red House Farm substation on Thornden Wood Road. The export cable is 18km, with 12km of inter-array cables connecting the turbines into strings. The cables were installed using a water jetting method with a final burial depth in the range of 0.5 to 2m below the seabed.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20240902T16:17:55</dc:date>
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