8c3fbd3b-840d-442b-b196-f53322316eef eng series Celtic Array GIS and Data Manager Millstream East, First Floor Windsor SL4 5GD United Kingdom info@celticarray.com round3.documentcontrol@centrica.com www.celticarray.com pointOfContact 2014-09-17 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2012 - 2013 Zone 9 Celtic Array, Hidef Aerial Bird Survey 2014-09 creation 2014-09 publication R32012-2013HidefAerialBirdSurvey http://www.centrica.com documentDigital imageDigital mapDigital tableDigital HiDef Aerial Survey Ltd. was contracted by Celtic Array to carry out a series of digital video aerial surveys of marine mammals, sharks and birds in the Irish Sea Zone over the duration of April 2012 to March 2013 on a monthly basis. Special emphasis was placed on survey with the North East Potential Development Area and the Rhiannon Wind Farm. Information from this aerial survey will be used to inform the Rhiannon Wind Farm Environmental Statement and, if required for the other Potential Development Areas Environmental Statements. Results of the survey has been documented and written in the reports: Irish Sea Zone, Rhiannon Wind Farm and NE Potential Development Area : Interim report on aerial surveys for April to August 2012, Corresponding Centrica Document No : R3-D-EN-013-0006-501028-002 Irish Sea Zone, Rhiannon Wind Farm and NE Potential Development Area: Final report on aerial surveys from April 2012 to March 2013, Corresponding Centrica Document No: SE-D-EV-013-0008-000000-003 And Irish Sea Zone, Rhiannon Wind Farm and North East Potential Development Area: Final report on supplementary aerial surveys from June 2013 to July 2013 , Corresponding Centrica Document No: SE-D-EV-013-0008-000000-004 Available Datasets : 1. ArcGIS files (mpk, . shapefiles), 2. Drawings (pdf, jpeg), 3. Reports (.doc, .xls, .txt, csv), is to use the digital video aerial survey data generated by HiDef to inform decisions on the consenting of wind farms within the ISZ and for monitoring effects of the development on birds, marine mammals and sharks. And also to underpin a number of impact assessment for the Rhiannon Wind Farm and to inform decisions on future developments within the ISZ. Celtic Array GIS and Data Manager Millstream East, First Floor Windsor SL4 5GD United Kingdom round3.documentcontrol@centrica.com info@celticarray.com custodian HiDef Aerial Surveying Ltd Aerial Surveyor Phoenix Court, Earl St Cleator Moor Cumbria CA25 5AU United Kingdom enquiries@hidefsurveying.co.uk www.hidefsurveying.co.uk originator weekly Shapefile MXD, PDF Unknown doc unknown Population Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword terms 2007-04-18 revision 4 Abundance BODC parameter semantic model parameter entity names 2006-02-17 revision 0 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision 4 video MD_SpatialRepresentationTypeCode 2012-07-05 revision 1 Irish Sea United Kingdom Charting Progress 2 sea regions 2011-06-07 revision 1 Marine Mammals Birds Fish Density Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword variables 2007-04-18 revision 4 cetacean SeaVoX Platform Categories 2013-08-21 revision 10 otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Distribution by Celtic Array Ltd on a case by case basis Distribution by Celtic Array Ltd on a case by case basis 3700 eng biota environment imageryBaseMapsEarthCover inlandWaters oceans Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2014-09 creation Irish Sea ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 36E5 -5.0537 -3.6694 53.4913 53.9755 2013 2014 http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde1r3z9ca5196 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/2677/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series Five digital video aerial surveys were flown during the months of April, May, June, July and August 2012, and the results of the video analysis were presented in the report : Interim report on aerial surveys for April to August 2012 , Centrica document number : R3-D-EN-013-0006-501028-002 . Three digital video aerial surveys were flown on June 19th, July 8th and July 18th 2013; the results of the analysis are presented in the report: Final report on supplementary aerial surveys from June 2013 to July 2013, Centrica document number: SE-D-EV-013-0008-000000-004 . Twelve digital video aerial surveys were flown during the calendar months between April2012 and March 2013; the results of the analysis are presented in the report: Final report on aerial surveys from April 2012 to March 2013, Centrica document number: SE-D-EV-013-0008-000000-003 The results show the survey transects flown, the numbers of each species and species groups recorded during the surveys, the population estimates for each of these in the Irish Sea Zone(ISZ), the Rhiannon Wind Farm and the North East Potential Development Area. The distributions of the most abundant species were plotted using kernel density estimation to generate the density surface maps, and the flying heights and directions of the most abundant species were presented Distribution data was generated for marine mammals, sharks and birds within the Irish Sea Zone that helped to assess where the most sensitive species occur within the Zone, and also within the proposed Rhiannon Wind Farm and NE Potential Development Area. More importantly, by using density surface models, it was possible to assess the number of animals likely to be affected within defined sea areas. Additional information was collected on the height above the sea of flying birds to assess whether they may collide with wind turbines, and also of flight direction of birds which might be flying to or from specific breeding sites on the coast near the ISZ.