Abstract
This report constitutes the first year two seasonal (October to December 2023) report outlining results from digital aerial surveys conducted in November 2023 within the South-West Celtic Sea under the POSEIDON project and commissioned by Natural England. Surveys were undertaken using APEM’s high-resolution camera system to capture digital still imagery of birds and marine megafauna within the Survey Area.
The survey was successfully carried out across two non-consecutive days in November 2023, with one day between surveys. There were no safety issues. A total of 747 observations were recorded in November 2023, of which 584 were observations of birds and 163 observations were of marine megafauna. APEM will continue to monitor the site for these species and others during the remaining seasonal surveys.