c9747251-d6a5-45c9-aff1-408659c5ed86 eng series The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact 2015-02-13 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2004-2005, Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, Aerial Surveys of Waterbirds in Strategic Wind Farm Areas 2006-05 publication 001 The Round 2 wind farm Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)1 identified a significant baseline data gap for Round 2 wind farm areas on the distribution and main flight paths of waterbirds including migratory, feeding/roosting patterns and their behavioural response to wind farms. Following a review of the data collected it was clear that there were gaps in the understanding of the distribution of waterbirds within each of the three strategic offshore wind farm areas: Thames, East Irish Sea and Greater Wash. The data is required by developers in order for them undertake a valid Environmental Impact Assessment and are also required in order to identify boundaries for potential Special Protection Areas (SPA) under the Birds Directive (79/409/EEC). In order to rectify the data gap it was decided to fulfil these inter-related needs as a single coherent aerial survey project with support from the offshore wind farm industry, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), English Nature (EN), Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department of Trade and Industry. In July 2004 a panel of experts from JNCC, EN, CCW, DEFRA and DTI met to identify the areas of priority and to draw up an aerial bird survey programme for 2004 and 2005 that covered the three strategic areas, plus adjoining areas identified as potentially important for birds. The conclusions reached at the meeting were circulated to industry and it was agreed to proceed with a joint approach. Centrica Energy +44 (0)1753 494 000 +44 (0)1753 494001 Centrica plc, Millstream, Maidenhead Road Windsor Berkshire SL4 5GD United Kingdom renewables.documentcontrol@centrica.com http://www.centrica.com/ originator Centrica Energy +44 (0)1753 494 000 +44 (0)1753 494001 Centrica plc, Millstream, Maidenhead Road Windsor Berkshire SL4 5GD United Kingdom renewables.documentcontrol@centrica.com http://www.centrica.com/ custodian notPlanned Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2014-10-09 revision 86 Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2014-10-09 revision 86 Offshore area of search The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Zone search 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 Agreement for Lease Area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx copyright copyright http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng environment 0.4476 0.5238 53.1644 53.2713 2004-10-23 2005-08-25 series A programme of aerial surveys have been undertaken by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) Wetlands Advisory Service (WAS) from winter 2004/05 through to summer 2005. This has provided large-scale survey data covering the nearshore waters in Northwest England (from Anglesey to the Solway Firth), in the Greater Wash and in the Thames (from Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, to Sandwich Bay, Kent). These data will inform the environmental impact assessments of offshore wind farms (OWF) and aid potential marine Special Protected Area (SPA) identification (Johnstone et al 2002). https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/919/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.