d2fa1d23-7b34-4847-995b-37b9d5f188b6 eng series Ed Rollings Meygen Environment and Consents Manager Ed.Rollings@meygen.com pointOfContact 2015-05-07 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32631 2009-2011, RPS, Inner Sound, Bird and Mammal Survey 2012-05-17 creation SGP 6356 This series provides a detailed assessment of the ornithological and mammal interests for the proposed MeyGen Tidal Energy Project (Phase 1), in support of the Environmental Impact Assessment. This bird assessment is based on data collected during 22 boat surveys of the Phase 1 site plus a buffer area within the Pentland Firth Inner Sound and 24 months of land based vantage point surveys. These surveys were collected over a period of 24 months between October 2009 and September 2011. For the mammal assessment, the report uses a combination of a desk study of literature and available data sources, and an analysis of the baseline data collected during the two years of boat- and shore-based surveys in the Inner Sound to assess marine mammal distribution, abundance, seasonality and behaviour within the Inner Sound and wider Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters. Baskingsharks are included in this report. Ed Rollings Meygen Environment and Consents Manager Ed.Rollings@meygen.com distributor Mark Trinder RPS Principal Consultant 0141 332 0373 7 Clairmont Gardens Glasgow G3 7LW mark.trinder@rpsgroup.com originator Dr Caroline Weir and Sarah Wright RPS 01483 746500 RPS Energy, Goldsworth House, Denton Way, Woking, Surrey GU21 3LG wrights@rpsgroup.com originator Crown Estate Scotland 0131 260 6070 Crown Estate Scotland, Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9GL Edinburgh EH3 9GL enquiries@crownestatescotland.com https://www.crownestatescotland.com custodian notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Bird counts Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface Cetacean abundance Cetacean behaviour Bird behaviour Seal abundance Seal behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2014-10-09 revision 86 Agreement for Lease Area 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 http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx restricted restricted http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng biota environment -3.1641 -3.0882 58.6549 58.6737 2009-10 2011-09 Delimited Delimited https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-126/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series This report has been prepared within the RPS Planning and Development Quality Management System to British Standard EN ISO 9001 : 2008