Offshore wind - birds on migration in Scottish waters: strategic review
A report detailing the migratory routes of bird species around the UK and Ireland which have the potential to be impacted by offshore wind developments. This forms part of the strategic study of collision risk for birds on migration and further development of the stochastic collision risk modelling tool work package one.
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Footnotes
1. UK Government Press Release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-enshrines-new-target-in-law-to-slash-emissions-by-78-by-2035
2. Scottish Government Energy strategy: position statement: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-energy-strategy-position-statement/pages/1/
3. The Crown Estate Offshore wind operational report 2020: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/3792/offshore-wind-operational-report-1.pdf
4. Scottish Government Offshore wind policy statement: https://www.gov.scot/publications/offshore-wind-policy-statement/
5. Scottish Government Sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy: https://www.gov.scot/publications/sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy/
6. Note that, at the time of writing, clearing and INTOG (Innovation and Taregeted Oil and Gas) processes are in planning for this Leasing Round, but the schematics/agreements are not yet in place.
7. Scottish Government Scotland's National Marine Plan: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-national-marine-plan/
8. NatureScot Bird impact assessment guidance workshop for offshore wind: Report and Presentations: https://www.nature.scot/doc/bird-impact-assessment-guidance-workshop-offshore-wind-report-and-presentations#:~:text=The%20marine%20bird%20impact%20assessment,any%20issues%20and%20possible%20solutions.
9. Movebank Home Page: https://www.movebank.org/cms/movebank-main
10. BTO BirdTrack Webpage: https://bto.org/our-science/projects/birdtrack
11. Scottish Government Marine planning: regional boundaries: https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-planning-regional-boundaries/
12. Scottish Government Marine plan areas in England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-plan-areas-in-england
13. WebPlotDigitizer Tool: https://automeris.io/WebPlotDigitizer/
14. NREL Offshore Wind Turbine Documentation: https://nrel.github.io/turbine-models/2020ATB_NREL_Reference_18MW_263.html#link-to-tabular-data
15. 4C Offshore Homepage: www.4coffshore.com
16. BOU The British List: http://bou.org.uk/british-list (viewed on 21/1/2022)
17. WaterbirdsPopulations Portal: http://wpe.wetlands.org (viewed on 21/1/2022)
18. Trektellen: https://www.trektellen.org/species/graph/5/0/1084/0?jaar=0
19. Biogeographical flyway population estimate has been updated more recently than UK population estimate; UK supports entire wintering population.
Contact
Email: ScotMER@gov.scot
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