SeabORD v2.0: An Individual-Based Model for estimating demographic impacts for breeding seabirds arising from offshore windfarm sub-lethal effects

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Title: SeabORD v2.0: An Individual-Based Model for estimating demographic impacts for breeding seabirds arising from offshore windfarm sub-lethal effects

Author:

Searle, K.; Pollock, C.; Tigli, M.; Daunt, F.; Butler, A.; Mobbs, D.

Publication Date:

March 1, 2026

Document Number:

PrePARED Report No. 011

Pages:

Affiliation

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), Bioinformatics and Statistics Scotland

Technology:

Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind

Receptor:

Birds

Language:

English

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Searle, K.; Pollock, C.; Tigli, M.; Daunt, F.; Butler, A.; Mobbs, D. (2026). SeabORD v2.0: An Individual-Based Model for estimating demographic impacts for breeding seabirds arising from offshore windfarm sub-lethal effects (Report No. PrePARED Report No. 011). Report by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH).

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TY - RPRT
TI - SeabORD v2.0: An Individual-Based Model for estimating demographic impacts for breeding seabirds arising from offshore windfarm sub-lethal effects
AU - Searle, K
AU - Pollock, C
AU - Tigli, M
AU - Daunt, F
AU - Butler, A
AU - Mobbs, D
AB - SeabORD is an Individual-Based Model (IBM) developed to predict demographic impacts (changes to breeding success and adult survival) on four species of chick-rearing seabirds exposed to displacement and barrier effects from one or more offshore wind farms (OWFs). This report provides a summary of the updated version 2.0 of SeabORD, briefly describing the model, outlining the key developments since SeabORD v1.0, and providing links to access the open source v2.0 model code and accompanying evidence summary for its underlying parameters (Leedham et al. 2025). We also describe, and provide links to, a pre-print for an under peer-review manuscript demonstrating the application of SeabORD v2.0 to understand cumulative impacts in the context of two breeding populations in the North Sea (Pollock et al. in review, preprint: https://doi.org/10.32942/X2V36P).
DA - 2026/03//
PY - 2026
SP - 9
PB - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH)
SN - PrePARED Report No. 011
UR - https://owecprepared.org/outputs/
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Birds
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Abstract

SeabORD is an Individual-Based Model (IBM) developed to predict demographic impacts (changes to breeding success and adult survival) on four species of chick-rearing seabirds exposed to displacement and barrier effects from one or more offshore wind farms (OWFs). This report provides a summary of the updated version 2.0 of SeabORD, briefly describing the model, outlining the key developments since SeabORD v1.0, and providing links to access the open source v2.0 model code and accompanying evidence summary for its underlying parameters (Leedham et al. 2025). We also describe, and provide links to, a pre-print for an under peer-review manuscript demonstrating the application of SeabORD v2.0 to understand cumulative impacts in the context of two breeding populations in the North Sea (Pollock et al. in review, preprint: https://doi.org/10.32942/X2V36P).