5f862d8e-014a-43ae-89f1-ca4283d8a486 English series series 2026-05-18T14:03:51 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota Bird counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Offshore area of search The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision 1 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision inapplicable 2012-09-10T00:00:00 2012-11-11T23:59:59 -6.891 -6.64 55.684 55.885 CES-148 Marine Data Exchange 2012, Amec, Islay Offshore Wind Farm, Ornithology Survey Ornithology Survey 2021-05-17T13:45:02 publication English 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. There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange otherRestrictions Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use otherRestrictions Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 enquiries@crownestatescotland.com custodian AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK Limited +44 (0)191 272 6100 marketing.ukenvironment@amec.com. originator Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 enquiries@crownestatescotland.com distributor MachairWind machairwind@scottishpower.com owner notPlanned Delimited 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. 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 Data collected between mid September and mid November 2012. Objectives were to assess the numbers of birds around the Islay Offshore Wind Farm Site. Martin Miller SSE Renewables GIS & Data Manager martin.miller@sserenewables.com pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-12-12 revision WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N