Abstract
This report constitutes the fourth and final year two seasonal (July to September 2024) report outlining results from digital aerial surveys conducted in August 2024 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 in a single day in August 2024 with no safety issues. A total of 1,679 observations were recorded in August 2024, of which 1,046 were observations of birds and 633 were observations of marine megafauna.