5b1bd247fc5159fc9d72254f46fb03a7 eng series Thomas Walsh / Ferdinando Giammichele [DONG Wind (UK) Ltd.] Data Manager / GIS Manager +4402078115252 33 Grosvenor Place Belgravia London SW1X 7HY XTHWA@dongenergy.co.uk / FERGI@dongenergy.co.uk www.dongenergy.co.uk pointOfContact 2014-03-18 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2004-2006, RPS and ECON, Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, Seabird Survey - Little Gull (Larus minutus) 2009-01-27 publication 2009-01-27 creation 4064 http://data.offshorewind.co.uk/ Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutes (LU) were recorded at the proposed location of the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm during boat-based and aerial surveys during 2004-2006. Natural England advised DONG Energy during consultation that in order to assess the potential ornithological significance of Westermost Rough offshore windfarm a quantification of the relative use of Hornsea Mere in relation to the inshore and offshore areas would be required. RPS in association with ECON Ecological Consultancy conducted a coordinated monitoring program incorporating terrestrial surveys, inshore surveys and offshore surveys. Data were gathered between 14th August and 28th September 2008, when LU was estimated from previous data to be present at peak levels at Hornsea Mere. The main aim of the monitoring program was to assess and quantify the relative use of the proposed WMR in relation to the use of inshore waters near Hornsea Mere compared to the numbers of LU recorded at Hornsea Mere itself. The onshore survey determined that the total number of LU recorded in surveys at the Mere generally increased from mid-August and then subsequently decreased to very low levels by the end of September. In the case of the offshore survey only small numbers of LU (<20 ind. In any one survey) as single birds and small groups (<8 ind.) were recorded. One of the conclusions of this report was that at this stage there is no suggestion that the SPA population of LU is at all likely to be affected by the proposed development. Thomas Walsh / Ferdinando Giammichele [DONG Wind (UK) Ltd.] Data Manager / GIS Manager +4402078115252 33 Grosvenor Place Belgravia London SW1X 7HY XTHWA@dongenergy.co.uk / FERGI@dongenergy.co.uk www.dongenergy.co.uk custodian Thomas Walsh / Ferdinando Giammichele [DONG Wind (UK) Ltd.] Data Manager / GIS Manager +4402078115252 33 Grosvenor Place Belgravia London SW1X 7HY XTHWA@dongenergy.co.uk / FERGI@dongenergy.co.uk www.dongenergy.co.uk originator notPlanned PDF Word PPT Marine Biodiversity MEDIN Parameter Discipline Keywords 2012-06-09T02:00:04 revision Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15T02:00:03 revision Birds Oregon Coastal Atlas Cosatal Erosion Thesaurus markup terms 2011-08-20 revision 3 Seabird SeaDataNet ICES platform deprecates 2014-02-06 revision 354 Bird counts Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-09-09 revision 89 Offshore area of search The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network no conditions apply eng biota environment 0.0868430462594635 0.216321702462539 53.7673142112746 53.8439534318495 2004-08 2006-07 Origin: RPS in association with ECON Ecological Consultancy http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde1r1wr002 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/2330/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset RPS in association with ECON Ecological Consultancy conducted a coordinated monitoring program incorporating terrestrial surveys, inshore surveys and offshore surveys.