e6488ac9-6d5d-4238-a954-43c441a7f41e eng series Oceanflow Development Ltd. +44(0)191 296 6339 Hotspur House, 15 East Percy Street, North Shields Tyne & Wear NE30 1DT info@oceanflowenergy.com www.oceanflowenergy.com pointOfContact 2015-06-12 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 EPSG:4326 2011, Oceanflow Energy, Sanda Sound, Baseline Seabird Survey Analysis 2012-07-10 revision 2012-06-26 creation ODL-P10-003-E4013-DOC The information in this document is based on baseline survey data collected in Sanda Sound, initially presented in document number ODL-P10-003-E4011, according to the methodology laid out in A-30488-S00-TECH-001. These documents stand in support of Oceanflow Development Ltd.’s application for a marine license to deploy and Evopod floating tidal turbine platform in Sanda Sound, Argyll & Bute. The following document sets out a methodology for monitoring seabirds and cetaceans using the waters in Sanda Sound, around the proposed deployment site of a ¼ scale Oceanflow Evopod device. Evopod is a semi submerged, floating, tethered tidal energy capture device. Monitoring will take place from March 2011 to July 2011; the methodology will allow the numbers and distribution of seabirds and cetaceans using the waters within a 1000m buffer surrounding the proposed deployment site to be characterised, along with their behaviour. This document contains a description of Natura sites which may have ‘connectivity’ to Sanda Sound in terms of their migratory and breeding bird populations. This document also contains further analysis of survey data that may be relevant to the process of Habitat Regulations Appraisal in relation to Oceanflow’s proposed engineering demonstration tidal turbine project in Sanda Sound. Oceanflow have followed the methodology outlined in section 3 of A-30488-S00-TECH-001 to produce maps of species distribution and tables of animal behaviour recorded during our seabird survey, conducted during the period March-July 2011. We have also included some discussion of the results with regard to the possible impacts on SPAs and SSSIs. Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh EH3 9GL United Kingdom enquiries@crownestatescotland.com http://www.crownestatescotland.com custodian Oceanflow Development Ltd. +44(0)191 296 6339 Hotspur House, 15 East Percy Street, North Shields Tyne & Wear NE30 1DT info@oceanflowenergy.com www.oceanflowenergy.com originator Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh EH3 9GL United Kingdom enquiries@crownestatescotland.com http://www.crownestatescotland.com distributor notPlanned Bird counts Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2014-10-09 revision 86 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Agreement for Lease Area Pre-Construction monitoring Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx restricted restricted http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng biota environment -5.6008 -5.5941 55.3017 55.3039 2011-03-11 2011-07-31 Various Various https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-308/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series The observer will be responsible for entering the data they record onto standardized spreadsheets, designed to be as similar as possible to the recording forms used in the field. At the end of each week the observer will email their survey results to Nigel Harding, who will perform QA checks on the data, and add them to the database. Subsequent analyses will include the following: Generation of monthly distribution maps of sightings for each species; Provision of estimates of the number of animals recorded within given distances (e.g. 100m, 500m, 1000m) of the proposed deployment site; and provision of tables summarising the proportion of time animals spend performing particular key behaviours within the study area.