1ffbb748-16b0-4d12-956c-2cd74e2a150c eng series Martin Miller SSE Renewables GIS & Data Manager One Waterloo Street Glasgow G2 6AY martin.miller@sserenewables.com pointOfContact 2014-08-18 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.6 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32630 2012, Amec, Islay Offshore Wind Farm, Ornithology Survey 2013-01-31 publication ISL-REP-ORN-SSE-126 Surveys were undertaken from two Vantage Points (VPs) on the coast of Islay, Coull Point and Frenchman’s Rocks, between mid September and mid November 2012. Target species were geese and waders using the west coast of Scotland as a migratory flyway either to wintering destinations on the island of Islay or locations further south, including Ireland. All target swan and goose species were recorded with the highest numbers comprising barnacle goose, a qualifying species of three Special Protection Areas (SPAs) on Islay. In some cases these birds approached Islay from the direction of the proposed wind farm flying at heights between 20 and 200m above sea level, i.e. potentially at rotor height. This is more likely to occur when strong easterly winds pushed large numbers of migrating geese off course towards Ireland. Collision modelling could incorporate this risk by inspecting the number of days when such weather conditions occur and incorporating them in to calculations. AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK Limited +44 (0)191 272 6100 +44 (0)191 272 6592 Northumbria House, Regent Centre, Gosforth Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE3 3PX United Kingdom marketing.ukenvironment@amec.com. http://www.amec-ukenvironment.com/ originator Crown Estate Scotland 0131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh G2 6AY enquiries@crownestatescotland.com custodian notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Offshore area of search The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Bird counts Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2014-10-09 revision 86 N/A otherRestrictions otherRestrictions N/A N/A 1 eng biota environment oceans Islay Offshore Wind Farm Site -6.891 -6.64 55.684 55.885 2012-09 2012-11 inapplicable inapplicable https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-148/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series Data collected between mid September and mid November 2012. Objectives were to assess the numbers of birds around the Islay Offshore Wind Farm Site.