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Following submission of the Environmental Statement of the Lincs OWF, both the statutory consultee on nature conservation, Natural England (NE), and a further significant stakeholder, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), requested further clarification of the potential issues surrounding two species; Common Scoter Melanitta nigra and Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus. The aim of this report is to provide further information on both Common Scoter and Pinkfooted Geese, in order to satisfy both NE and RSPB that the conclusion that no significant effects were predicted on either species as reached in the ES, was robust. In conclusion, the report found that boat-based and aerial surveys generally indicate that very few Scoters are likely to occur on the sea surface within the proposed OWF+buffer, with the few records of Scoters generally relating to birds en-route to what are suggested to be preferred areas between North Norfolk, Docking and the area around Gibraltar Point. Moreover, a direct route between any of these areas would mean that Scoters would tend to pass through the southern end of Lincs site+buffer only when heading for the more northerly sites along the Lincolnshire coast With regard to the Pink footed Goose, the report states that despite the very high sensitivity of Pink-footed Goose on account of its status as a qualifying species in both the Wash and North Norfolk Coast SPA’ s, the magnitude of any effect of collision can only be seen as negligible (<1% rise over background mortality) according to the standard matrix analysis procedure developed by the BWEA (and used in all Round 2 OWF’ s to date
Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 7484 |
| 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. | 2007, ECON Ecological Consultancy, Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, Additional Information on the Potential Use of the Proposed Lincs Offshore Wind Farm by Common Scoters (Melanitta nigra) and the Potential Collision Risk of Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) |
| 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. | b04d210b311351398c8ce1892083365d |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 3174 |
| 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 | 2007-08-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2012-10-29 |
| 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. | Following submission of the Environmental Statement of the Lincs OWF, both the statutory consultee on nature conservation, Natural England (NE), and a further significant stakeholder, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), requested further clarification of the potential issues surrounding two species; Common Scoter Melanitta nigra and Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus. The aim of this report is to provide further information on both Common Scoter and Pinkfooted Geese, in order to satisfy both NE and RSPB that the conclusion that no significant effects were predicted on either species as reached in the ES, was robust. In conclusion, the report found that boat-based and aerial surveys generally indicate that very few Scoters are likely to occur on the sea surface within the proposed OWF+buffer, with the few records of Scoters generally relating to birds en-route to what are suggested to be preferred areas between North Norfolk, Docking and the area around Gibraltar Point. Moreover, a direct route between any of these areas would mean that Scoters would tend to pass through the southern end of Lincs site+buffer only when heading for the more northerly sites along the Lincolnshire coast With regard to the Pink footed Goose, the report states that despite the very high sensitivity of Pink-footed Goose on account of its status as a qualifying species in both the Wash and North Norfolk Coast SPA’ s, the magnitude of any effect of collision can only be seen as negligible (<1% rise over background mortality) according to the standard matrix analysis procedure developed by the BWEA (and used in all Round 2 OWF’ s to date |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Origin: ECON Ecological Consultancy |
| 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 | 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 | Birds | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird taxonomy-related counts | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.271317239598 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.52389494189844 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.164480450937 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.44765720155553 |
| 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 | Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd | |
| Position name | Offshore Wind Develoment Manager | |
| Phone | 01753 431289 | |
| Delivery point | Centrica Renwable Energy Ltd, 1st Floor Millstream East, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, SL4 5GD | |
| 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 | Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd | |
| Position name | Offshore Wind Develoment Manager | |
| Phone | 01753 431289 | |
| Delivery point | Centrica Renwable Energy Ltd, 1st Floor Millstream East, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, SL4 5GD | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd | |
| Position name | Offshore Wind Develoment Manager | |
| Phone | 01753 431289 | |
| Delivery point | Centrica Renwable Energy Ltd, 1st Floor Millstream East, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, SL4 5GD | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | 2007-08-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2007-08-01 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2009-04-27 |
| 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 2.3.5 |
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