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In 2005, Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Limited (GGOWL) submitted an Environmental Statement (ES) for the development of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF) 26km offshore of Orford Ness on the Suffolk Coast. The GGOWF was formally awarded consent in February 2007. A number of conditions were attached to this consent, one of which relates to the continued ornithological monitoring at the site. This was to build on the baseline work undertaken in 2004 and 2006, in order to assess for impacts from the offshore wind farm on both resident and migratory bird populations. Subsequently, an Ornithological Monitoring Protocol was prepared by GGOWL in order to meet the requirements for monitoring set out in the conditions of Food and Environment Protection Act (FEPA) 1985 licence reference 33097/07/0 (dated 24th July 2007). Environmentally Sustainable Systems Limited (ESS) was commissioned by GGOWL to undertake the ornithological monitoring works for the GGOWF in 2008, with the first of the monthly surveys undertaken in June 2008. In accordance with the FEPA Licence requirements, the monitoring programme will include pre-construction, during construction and post-construction phases of the development. This series covers the during construction surveys carried out between June 2009 and May 2010. The monthly survey reports and corresponding datasets are provided, which include counts and density estimates, and track data. In addition, quarterly reports are provided, which summarise the findings of monitoring work for each quarter.
SSE Renewables
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 7254 |
| 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. | Ornithology Survey Reports for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm during the construction phase 2009/2010 |
| 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. | 8d7afedd2480563e8e23e5fd13af2cb8 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4583_4624 |
| 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 | 2022-05-16 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2022-05-16 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| 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 2005, Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Limited (GGOWL) submitted an Environmental Statement (ES) for the development of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF) 26km offshore of Orford Ness on the Suffolk Coast. The GGOWF was formally awarded consent in February 2007. A number of conditions were attached to this consent, one of which relates to the continued ornithological monitoring at the site. This was to build on the baseline work undertaken in 2004 and 2006, in order to assess for impacts from the offshore wind farm on both resident and migratory bird populations. Subsequently, an Ornithological Monitoring Protocol was prepared by GGOWL in order to meet the requirements for monitoring set out in the conditions of Food and Environment Protection Act (FEPA) 1985 licence reference 33097/07/0 (dated 24th July 2007). Environmentally Sustainable Systems Limited (ESS) was commissioned by GGOWL to undertake the ornithological monitoring works for the GGOWF in 2008, with the first of the monthly surveys undertaken in June 2008. In accordance with the FEPA Licence requirements, the monitoring programme will include pre-construction, during construction and post-construction phases of the development. This series covers the during construction surveys carried out between June 2009 and May 2010. The monthly survey reports and corresponding datasets are provided, which include counts and density estimates, and track data. In addition, quarterly reports are provided, which summarise the findings of monitoring work for each quarter. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The monitoring methodology comprises boat-based surveying broadly following that recommended by Camphuysen et al. (2004) and detailed in the GGOWL ornithological monitoring protocol (Ref: 577000/403 – MGT100 – GGR – 154). The protocol has been agreed with GGOWL, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA) and Natural England. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Biodiversity | |
| 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 | Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Birds | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Mammals | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Population Density | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Birds | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird taxonomy-related counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.036127 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 2.178435 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.62664 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.719508 |
| 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 | SSE Renewables | |
| Individual name | Kirstanne McDowall | |
| Position name | Community Liaison Manager | |
| Phone | +44(0)141 224 7569 | |
| Delivery point | 1 Waterloo Street | |
| Postal code | G2 6AY | |
| City | Glasgow | |
| Country | UK | |
| URL | www.sserenewables.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 | SSE Renewables | |
| Individual name | Kirstanne McDowall | |
| Position name | Community Liaison Manager | |
| Phone | +44(0)141 224 7569 | |
| Delivery point | 1 Waterloo Street | |
| Postal code | G2 6AY | |
| City | Glasgow | |
| Country | UK | |
| URL | www.sserenewables.com | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Environmentally Sustainable Systems Ltd. (ESS) | |
| Individual name | Morven Carruthers | |
| Position name | Offshore Manager | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 131 556 9119 | |
| Fax | +44 (0) 131 556 9118 | |
| Delivery point | 70 Cumberland Street | |
| Postal code | EH3 6RE | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| URL | www.ess-ecology.com | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Legal limitations | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource. | no conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format name | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Excel |
| 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. | 2022-05-16 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2022-05-16 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2014-02-06 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.7 |
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