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Ornithology ScotMER Receptor Group
The Ornithology ScotMER Receptor Group is concerned with evidence gaps related to seabird ecology and the potential impacts of offshore renewables on seabirds.
This group has worked together to identify and prioritise evidence gaps associated with the planning and consenting processes for offshore renewable developments, which are detailed in the ScotMER Ornithology Evidence Map available for download below.
Membership includes:
- Marine Directorate Science
- Marine Directorate Planning and Policy
- Marine Directorate Licensing Operations Team
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- NatureScot
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
- RSPB
- University of the Highlands and Islands
- Scottish Renewables representatives from industry
- British Trust for Ornithology
- The Crown Estate Scotland (TCES)
- McArthur Green
- University of St Andrews
- Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
- University of Aberdeen
- Heriot-Watt University
- BioSS
