5f7f471b-adac-4195-b891-7be1b3b840b9 English series series 2026-03-04T14:56:43 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota Bird counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Post-Construction monitoring The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Renewable Energy Lease area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Elevation GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision SeaDataNet sea areas 2012-11-07 revision North Sea SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision atmosphere 2016-11-08T00:00:00 2017-03-27T23:00:00 1.0327 1.1424 51.373278 51.473833 TCE-843 Marine Data Exchange 2016-2017, Jon Ford Environmental Consultancy, Kentish Flats Extension, Ornithological Survey Annual Report Ornithological Survey Annual Report 2024-09-02T16:17:55 publication English This report presents the results of the bird monitoring programme that has been undertaken between October 2016 and March 2017. It forms the second year of the post-construction phase monitoring of the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm Extension. The purpose of this report is to document the surveys that have been undertaken during this period, including the survey routes covered, present estimates of the bird populations present, and discuss the main findings of the surveys including a comparison with the previous survey results and assessment of any influence of weather conditions and other relevant information that may have affected species abundance and behaviour. The main aim of this phase of the work is to determine the distribution and abundance of seabirds using the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm Extension (KFE) site and its surrounds after construction of the wind farm, and compare this with the pre-construction baseline. Standard survey methodologies have been used, following Camphuysen et al. (2004) and have remained consistent throughout the surveying undertaken. The KFE is located in the Outer Thames Estuary, approximately 7 kilometres off the north Kent coast. KFE extends over an area of 7.8km2. The original Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm has been operational since 2005 and consists of 30 x 3MW wind turbines. Offshore construction of the KFE commenced in April 2015 with the installation of turbine foundations. Piling of the turbine foundations was completed on 23 May 2015. Turbine installation was completed on 10 August 2015, and all 15 turbines were generating power to the National Grid from 12 September 2015. The KFE development comprises 15 x 3.3MW wind turbines. Two export cables have been installed alongside the existing cables and come ashore near to Hampton Pier, Herne Bay. The onshore cable route follows the existing Kentish Flats cable route to the Red House Farm substation on Thornden Wood Road. The export cable is 18km, with 12km of inter-array cables connecting the turbines into strings. The cables were installed using a water jetting method with a final burial depth in the range of 0.5 to 2m below the seabed. Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. otherRestrictions Once published, there will be no constraints on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. otherRestrictions The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian Jon Ford Environmental Consultancy jon@jonfordenvironmental.com originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd hello@heat-customers.vattenfall.co.uk owner asNeeded Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-843/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08T00:00:00 publication Conformity with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 was either not relevant to this dataset or not a requirement of the Marine Data Exchange for the creation and submission of this dataset; therefore, conformity has not been assessed and cannot be declared False series The 2016-17 surveys reported here cover the survey area as set out in the agreed monitoring programme, and include the KFE site, the original Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm site, plus a buffer zone up to 6km from the original wind farm and the now constructed KFE turbines. The transect spacing used in 2016-17 was 1km within the main part of the survey area where previous baseline surveys have been undertaken (using that same 1km transect separation) and 2km on the more peripheral areas (to provide additional information on bird populations further from the wind farms), with a total length of 100km. The total area surveyed was 122km2 (Figure 2). These survey areas and transects were the same as those used in the 2014-15 pre-construction baseline and the 2015-16 first year post-construction surveys. Vattenfall MDE@vattenfall.com pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-12-12 revision WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N