Abstract
This report constitutes the second seasonal (January 2024) report outlining results from digital aerial surveys conducted in January 2024 within the Northern Isles 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 one day in January 2024. A total of 4,579 observations were recorded during the survey in January 2024, of which 4,571 were observations of birds and 8 were observations of marine mammals. APEM will continue to monitor the site for these species and others during the remaining seasonal surveys.