Ground Monitoring of Common Scoter Melinitta nigra in Carmarthen Bay 2009 -
2010
dataset
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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 than10m) in Carmarthen Bay. Common scoter are also listed as a BAP species. Purpose of data capture was to
collate data to feed into the condition monitoring and surveillance of Carmarthen Bay SPA and contributes to Common Standards Monitoring.
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