Abstract
This report constitutes the fourth seasonal (July to September 2023) report outlining results from digital aerial surveys conducted in August 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 August 2023. A total of 9,315 observations were recorded during the survey in August 2023, of which 8,928 were observations of birds and 387 were observations of marine megafauna. APEM will continue to monitor the site for these species and others during the remaining seasonal surveys.