9d54cef3-d844-4b11-b686-024571b2a6d5 English series series 2026-10-02T09:27:00 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota Bird counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-06-19 revision Pre-Construction monitoring The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Agreement for Lease Area 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 North Sea SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision troposphere 2003-12-08T00:00:00 2004-11-26T00:00:00 1.0327 1.1424 51.373278 51.473833 TCE-804 Marine Data Exchange 2003-2004, Environmentally Sustainable Systems Ltd., Kentish Flats, Bird Monitoring (Year 3) Bird Monitoring 2022-08-03T09:42:01 publication English Between December 2003 and November 2004, defined as Year 3 of this study, a total of seventeen boat surveys of birds and marine mammals were carried out around the Kentish Flats Wind Farm site. Approximately one third of these covered the wind farm site, the buffer and the control area, whilst the remainder covered only the wind farm site and the buffer. This Monitoring report in this series analyses the results of the 12 months of boat data collected from December 2003 to November 2004 for the Kentish Flats wind farm project, and aerial data collected over that period at the wind farm site and the surrounding area. 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 Environmentally Sustainable Systems Ltd (trading as ESS Ecology) +44 (0)131 556 9119 paul @environmentallysustainablesystems.com originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor Vattenfall renewables@vattenfall.co.uk owner notPlanned Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-804/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 Population estimates with means and standard errors for the wind farm site and buffer zone have been derived from data from each of the 57 boat surveys between October 2001 and November 2004. Standard errors have been presented, which have been updated and improved by the larger (3-year) dataset. As in the previous monitoring report, comparison of changes in numbers over the three years of boat survey data is difficult because there is seasonal variation and survey dates do not match between years. Three-year mean monthly population estimates, with standard errors, have been calculated for the wind farm site and buffer zone for species groups. Comparisons of population densities for all birds between the 12 transects used in the boat surveys (8 study area and 4 control transects) again revealed highly significant differences in population densities between transects within the study area, and between the study area and the control. While monthly means were slightly higher for most transects, transect 6 still had a higher density of birds than the majority of other transects and the control transects generally had fewer birds. Stuart Sharp RPS Energy Principal Consultant +44 (0)207 280 3300 sharpst@rpsgroup.com pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-11-29 revision WGS 84