b84f466036aecae4ed0e7ca80e071df4 English series The Crown Estate Marine Data Advisor +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact 2024-09-06 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2024, JNCC, ProcBe, Observational Bird Behaviour Data Collection (WP3) 2024-10-30 publication MDE-TCE-100-4054 In order to support the expansion of offshore wind in the UK and meet the Government’s Net Zero targets as well working towards addressing the biodiversity and climate crises it is essential to reduce uncertainty around the potential impacts of offshore wind. The Offshore Wind Evidence and Change programme (OWEC) has provided funding to address the consent risk for Offshore Wind (OW). The most recent leasing rounds for OW will increase the likelihood of overlap with species that have not been a focus of impact assessments in the past. Procellariforms, specifically Manx shearwater, European storm-petrel and Leach’s storm-petrel have not been a common species of concern for OW in the UK, but this is likely to change with Round 4, ScotWind and floating wind developments. The possible impact pathways between these species and OW are poorly understood and the purpose of the Procellariform Behaviour and demographics project (hereafter ProcBe) is to improve understanding and reduce uncertainty around some of these potential impact pathways. One of the work packages, work package 3 (hereafter WP3), is being led by the JNCC and is seeking to improve understanding of shearwater and storm-petrel flight heights, including in adverse weather conditions. Current estimates of flight height are mainly produced using boat-based observations and Digital Aerial Surveys (DAS). Although these have the potential to provide good estimates they cannot collect data in adverse weather conditions, such as high winds and sea states due to restrictions on methodologies (European Seabirds at Sea, ESAS) and it is expected that seabirds, particularly, will display different flight behaviour in such conditions. Marine data JNCC The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Aberdeen Office +44 (0)1224 266550 +44 (0)1224-896170 Inverdee House, Baxter Street Aberdeen AB11 9QA Oliver.Crawford-Avis@jncc.gov.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian notPlanned Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Bird reproduction Bird behaviour SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use otherRestrictions Publicly Available English biota SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision atmosphere -7.1133 3.0382 49.5009 61.4094 2024-05-01 2024-08-01 The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4054/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series MEDIN data guideline for video surveys of species and benthos 2023-05-11 publication See the referenced specification true The Vector 21 Aero LRF is the most commonly used device in the available literature to measure seabird flight heights. This particular model has been discontinued and JNCC were unable to buy one, and without a comparable model available, efforts were made to lease or borrow one. JNCC successfully agreed to borrow a Leica Vector 1500, a different model, from Swansea University and a researcher who used this device has agreed to train JNCC staff in its use.