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Sectoral Marine Plan: roadmap of actions
Road map of actions required to improve our understanding of the potential implications of ScotWind sites on seabirds as identified by the Sectoral Marine Plan.
Appendix 2 Full list of projects identified and the Plan Option Areas for which they are relevant
| W1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | NE1 | NE2 | NE3 | NE4 | NE6 | NE7 | NE8 | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
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| Survey Data Collection | Regional survey of Scottish East Coast distribution of seabirds at sea | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Survey PO as a whole | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Determine ability to quantify abundance of, and distinguish between, European storm-petrel & Leach's petrel from Digital Aerial Photography | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Assess proportion of immature/juvenile seabirds from survey data, including but not limited to Digital Aerial photography | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Demographic data collection & modelling | Support for demographic data collection, especially for kittiwake | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Feasibility study for the potential of Motus style tracking study to generate demographic data for seabirds | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Collection & collation of colony-specific demographic rates for seabirds from East coast SPAs, especially kittiwake | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Quantification of density dependent relationships in kittiwake demographic parameters | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Quantify impact of additional pressures (e.g., fisheries, climate change) on kittiwake demography | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Meta-population model for Orkney and East Coast kittiwake populations | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Cumulative Impact Assessment for Gannet populations, especially Fair Isle | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Tracking Studies | GLS Tracking of East Coast auk, gannet, and kittiwake populations outside Breeding season | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Feasibility study for the potential of Motus style tracking study of seabirds to establish connectivity between SPAs and POs in the breeding and non-breeding seasons | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Development of long-term GPS tag attachment methodology for gannet and kittiwake to improve resolution of winter data | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| GPS tracking of Manx shearwater from Rum SPA | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of European Storm-petrel from Sule Skerry and Sule Stack SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of European Storm-petrel and Leach's petrel from Sula Sgeir and North Rona SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS tracking of gannet and kittiwake from Shetland colonies | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of Fair Isle Gannets | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| GPS tracking of kittiwake from Copinsay SPA | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwake from East Caithness Cliffs SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwake from North Caithness Cliffs SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of great black-backed gull from East Caithness Cliffs SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwakes from Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwake from Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| GPS Tracking of common guillemot from Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| GPS Tracking of herring gull from Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast SPA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwake from Fowlsheugh SPA | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of herring gull from Fowlsheugh SPA | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of common guillemot from Fowlsheugh SPA | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of razorbill from Fowlsheugh SPA | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of gannet from Forth Islands SPA | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of razorbill from Forth Islands SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of common guillemot from Forth Islands SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwake from Forth Islands SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of herring gull from Forth Islands SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| GPS Tracking of kittiwake from St Abbs Head to Fast Castle SPA | X | |||||||||||||||
| Analysis of tracking data | Combine GPS & digital aerial survey data to better understand distribution of seabirds in POs | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Analysis of Manx shearwater GPS data from Irish Sea region to assess interactions with existing Offshore Wind Farms | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Analysis of GPS data to identify commuting and foraging areas of seabirds | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Reduced uncertainty about collision rates | Quantify collisions at existing OWF turbines | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Estimates of commuting and foraging flight height and speed of seabirds from GPS tracking data | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Analysis of existing Manx Shearwater data to provide data on flight height and speed | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Comparison of flight heights of seabirds inside and outside operational wind farms | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Comparison of flight heights of seabirds collected using different methodologies | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Consideration of the implications of using floating turbines to assess overlap between species flight height distributions and turbine collision risk zone | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Consideration of different Collision Risk Model components (e.g., PColl & Flux) and how adjusting those alters estimated avoidance corrections | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Reduced uncertainty about displacement | Analyse post-construction monitoring data from Beatrice and Moray East offshore wind farms to reduce uncertainty surrounding displacement rates of seabirds | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Review the potential for nocturnally active seabird species to be attracted to turbine lighting | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Analyse data from existing offshore wind farms to investigate impact of turbine spacing on displacement rates of seabirds | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Quantify the demographic consequences of displacement and barrier effects for seabirds | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Mitigation & update of existing assessments | Review of the potential to use adaptive management and post-construction mitigation in relation to floating turbines | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Assess the efficacy of mitigation at existing wind farms | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Assess cumulative impacts of collision and displacement using a consistent set of parameters and models | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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