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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Orkney Islands Marine Region: State of the Environment Assessment Orkney Islands Council Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Seabird Survey Designs for the East Coast of Scotland Donovan, C., Caneco, B. Report Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Scoping Study: Regional Population Viability Analysis for Key Bird Species CR/2016/16 Searle, K., Butler, A., Bogdanova, M. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Scottish Waters East Region Regional Sectoral Marine Plan Strategic Ornithology Study: final report Searle, K., Butler, A., Mobbs, D. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Estimating Seabird Flight Height using LiDAR Cook, A., Ward, R., Hansen, W. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds
Seabird counts at St Abb's Head to Fast Castle SPA in 2016 for Marine Renewables Casework Swann, B. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Seabird Counts at North Caithness Cliffs SPA in 2015 and 2016 for Marine Renewable Casework Swann, B. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm Scoping Report ScottishPower Renewables Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fish, Environmental Impact Assessment, Birds
Joint SNCB Interim Displacement Advice Note Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Natural England Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds
Assessment of Displacement Impacts of Offshore Windfarms and Other Human Activities on Red-Throated Divers and Alcids McGovern, S., Goddard, B., Rehfisch, M. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Displacement Birds
Testing sensitivity of metrics of seabird population response to offshore wind farm effects Cook, A., Robinson, R. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds
Assessing the Impact of Small-Scale Wind Energy Proposals on the Natural Heritage Scottish Natural Heritage Report Wind Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions, Birds, Bats
Seabird Counts at East Caithness Cliffs SPA for Marine Renewable Casework Swann, B. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Wales' Marine Evidence Report Welsh Government Report Social & Economic Data, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Legal & Policy, Invertebrates, Fish, Ecosystem Processes, Birds
Developing an Avian Collision Risk Model to Incorporate Variability and Uncertainty Masden, E. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Collision, Avoidance Birds
Developing a Habitat Loss Method for Assessing Displacement Impacts from Offshore Wind Farms Busch, M., Buisson, R., Barrett, Z. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Displacement Seabirds, Birds
Collision, Displacement and Barrier Effect Concept Note Humphreys, E., Cook, S., Burton, N. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Birds
The Avoidance Rates of Collision Between Birds and Offshore Turbines Cook, A., Humphreys, E., Masden, E. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Assessing Northern Gannet Avoidance of Offshore Windfarms Rehfisch, M., Barrett, Z., Brown, L. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Avoidance Seabirds, Birds
Population Consequences of Displacement from Proposed Offshore Wind Energy Developments for Seabirds Breeding at Scottish SPAs Searle, K., Mobbs, D., Butler, A. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Displacement Seabirds, Birds
Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Environmental Statement - Chapter 11: Marine and Coastal Ornithology Thornton, P. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Birds
Foraging Ranges of Northern Gannets in Relation to Proposed Offshore Wind Farms in the UK: 2010-2012 Langston, R., Teuten, E., Butler, A. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds
Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm: Red-throated Diver Displacement Ellis, I., Ward, R. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Waterfowl
Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One: Environmental Statement: Volume 5 - Offshore Annexes Chapter 5.5.1: Ornithology Technical Report RPS Group Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Enabling Actions Report: Ornithological Cumulative Impact Assessment Framework MacArthur, D., Furness, B., Trinder, M. Report Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Birds
Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Volume 2: ES Biological Environment DONG Energy Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction Marine Mammals, Fish, Birds
Ornithology Technical Report for the proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm projects Burton, N., Thaxter, C., Cook, A. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds
Fall of Warness Wildlife Observations Methodology European Marine Energy Centre Report Marine Mammals, Birds
Analysis of Marine Environmental Monitoring Plan Data from the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm, Scotland (Operational Year 1) Walls, R., Canning, S., Lye, G. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
Strategic Joint Industry Project No.1: Bird avoidance behavior and collision impact monitoring at Offshore Windfarms Marine Scotland, The Scottish Government, UK Department of Energy and Climate Change Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Collision, Avoidance Birds
Analysis of the Argyll Array Turbine Layout Iterations in Relation to Ornithological Constraints Bullman, R., Shaylon, S. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Collision Birds
Argyll Array Offshore Windfarm Report to Inform a Shadow Appropriate Assessment - Great Northern Diver Potential SPAs NIRAS Consulting Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
East Anglia ONE Offshore Windfarm: Environmental Statement Environmental Resource Management Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Population Sizes of Seabirds Breeding in Scottish SPAs Lewis, M., Lye, G., Pendlebury, C. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Birds
Population Sizes of Seabirds breeding in Scottish Special Protection Areas Lewis, M., Lye, G., Pendlebury, C. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Population Trends of Breeding Seabird Colonies in Scottish SPAs Malcolm, F., Lye, G., Lewis, M. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Vulnerability of Scottish Seabirds to Offshore Wind Turbines Furness, B., Wade, H. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change Birds, Raptors, Seabirds, Waterfowl
Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm 2010 Construction Environmental Monitoring Report Saunders, S. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Noise Birds, Waterfowl, Marine Mammals
The State of the UK's Birds 2011 Eaton M., Balmer, D., Cuthbert, R. Report Shorebirds, Seabirds, Passerines, Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds
Effect Studies Offshore Wind Farm Egmond aan Zee - Final Report on Fluxes, Flight Altitudes and Behaviour of Flying Birds Krijgsveld, K., Fljn, R., Japink, M. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Passerines, Raptors, Seabirds, Shorebirds, Waterfowl
Argyll Array Offshore Wind Farm: Habitat Regulations Assessment - Screening for Likely Significant Effects Dewar, R. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Collision Birds
Local Birds in and around the Offshore Wind Farm Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) Leopold, M., Dijkman, E., Teal, L. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm: Diver Surveys 2009-10 Percival, S. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Waterfowl, Birds
Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Collision Risk Report Model George, A. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Raptors, Birds
Comparison of Design- and Model-Based Estimates of Seabird Abundance Derived from Visual, Digital Still Transects and Digital Video Aerial Surveys in Carmarthen Bay Burt, L., Rexstad, E., Buckland, S. Report Birds, Seabirds
Quantifying the Relative Use of Coastal Waters by Breeding Terns: Towards Effective Tools for Planning & Assessing the Ornithological Impact of Offshore Wind Farms Perrow, M., Gilroy, J., Skeate, E. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds
Monitoring and Researching Ecological Effects of Dutch Offshore Wind Farms Boon, A., ter Hofstede, R., Klok, C. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fish, Birds, Bats
Offshore Wind Farms and Birds: Round 3 Zones, Extensions to Round 1 & Round 2 Sites & Scottish Territorial Waters Langston, R. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds
Comparison of Visual and Digital Aerial Survey Results of Avian Abundance for Round 3, Norfolk Region Burt, L., Rexstad, E., Buckland, S. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Strategic Review of Offshore Wind Farm Monitoring Data Associated with FEPA Licence Conditions: Birds Budgey, R., Ormston, C. Report Wind Energy, Offshore Wind Birds

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