82c8d852-1bab-4235-8831-30558644f46e English series series 2026-07-22T11:33:57 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota oceans Bird counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Wave height and period statistics SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision SeaDataNet sea areas 2012-11-07 revision Irish Sea and St. George's Channel SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision unknown 2002-01-01T00:00:00 2004-12-31T23:59:59 -4.07 -3.09 53.33 53.76 TCE-270 Marine Data Exchange 2002-2004, School of Ocean Sciences (University of Wales - Bangor), COWRIE Research, Predicting the displacement of common scoter from benthic feeding areas due to offshore windfarms Predicting the displacement of common scoter Melanitta nigra from benthic feeding areas due to offshore windfarms 2007-01-01T00:00:00 creation 2021-05-17T13:33:57 publication English The environmental impact assessments of most offshore windfarm proposals raise the potential effects on birds as an important issue. Offshore windfarms may affect birds in a number of different ways including mortality due to direct collisions of birds while in flight and mortality induced by habitat loss due to the avoidance by foraging birds of such conspicuous structures. Birds that may be affected by displacement from foraging areas within close proximity to windfarms are likely to be those such as common scoter and common eiders that feed on sedentary or slow-moving bottom-dwelling organisms such as bivalve molluscs and fish-eating birds such as grebes, terns, auks and divers. This study used field observations and surveys combined with an individuals-based modelling approach to predict the change in over-winter mortality rates of common scoter that would result from the displacement of birds from potential feeding habitat through the avoidance of windfarms in Liverpool Bay. The model code is, however, not specific to Liverpool Bay and can be utilised for other areas provided that suitable data are collected. 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 The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales - Bangor 01248 383751 michel.kaiser@bangor.ac.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor COWRIE cowrie@offshorewind.co.uk owner notPlanned Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-270/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 project had the following key objectives: 1. To develop a model to assist in predicting the effect of offshore windfarms (individually and cumulatively) on common scoter due to habitat loss and change. 2. To link the non-breeding distribution of common scoter with environmental variables at selected sites. 3. To identify the characteristics of preferred feeding areas for common scoter within these sites. This to include a description of density, species and size classes of prey. ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd 02380711840 enquiries@abpmer.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-11-29 revision WGS 84