Abstract
This report constitutes the second seasonal (January to March 2023) report outlining results from digital aerial surveys conducted in February 2023 within the Central North 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 days in February 2023 with no safety issues. A total of 7,986 observations were recorded during the survey in February 2023, of which 7,795 were observations of birds and 191 observations of marine megafauna. APEM will continue to monitor the site for these species and others during the remaining seasonal surveys.