b79ad687-fda5-4b0c-bc49-2759fbfe5de2 eng series The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom mde@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/ distributor 2014-06-04 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 2010-2013, Royal Hakoning DHV, Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, Ornithological Monitoring 2008-11 publication 08/J/1/03/1034/0839 The main aim of the FEPA monitoring program is to determine the distribution and abundance of seabirds using the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm site and its surrounds before, during and after the construction phase of the wind farm. Standard survey methodologies have been used, following Camphuysen et al. (2004) and have remained consistent throughout the pre, during and post-construction monitoring. The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (Thanet) project is located in the Thames Estuary Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) area, approximately 11km off Foreness Point, within the Outer Thames Estuary. The Thanet project received consent in December 2006, with the most recent FEPA license being dated July 2010 (33119/10/1). The Thanet project consists of 100 Vestas V90 3MW wind turbines located in water depths of 15-25m below chart datum, and extends over an area of 35km2. Each turbine is 115m tall at its highest point, with a minimum clearance above sea level of 22m. The turbine separation is approximately 500m along rows and 800m between rows. The 2012-13 surveys are considered to be post construction as the installation of the 100 turbines and the offshore substation has now been completed. Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd +44 (0) 1434 611300 Bridge End Hexham NE46 4NU United Kingdom info@vattenfall.com http://www.vattenfall.com custodian Royal Haskoning (UK Head Office) +44 (0)1733 334455 +44 (0)1733 262243 Rightwell House Bretton Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE3 8DW United Kingdom info@peterborough.royalhaskoning.com http://www.royalhaskoning.com/ originator notPlanned Habitat characterisation Habitat extent SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2014-05-27 revision 84 Post-Construction monitoring The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Offshore Cable Corridor The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Bird counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Renewable Energy Lease area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx copyright copyright otherRestrictions http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng environment oceans 1.568 1.694 51.462 51.568 2010-10 2013-06 series This metadata file was created by The Crown Estate for the purpose of publishing the data to the Marine data Exchange. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/2096/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.