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Seabirds

Seabirds
Birds that have adapted to life within the marine environment.

Seabirds are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. They encompass a variety of lifestyles, behaviors, and physiologies, and are known for long migrations, seasonal mating and nesting, and switching of feeding grounds and prey organisms.

Seabird populations are at higher risk from human activities because they tend to be long-lived, mature late, lay few eggs, and invest a great deal of time in their offspring. Migratory birds may be at additional risk from collision with offshore wind turbine blades or floating wave devices in adverse weather. The physical presence of any offshore structure may cause either attraction or avoidance from seabirds.

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Seabirds.

Total: 698

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Annual Report 2023 Magnus, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise, Vessel Strike Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality
Floating Offshore Wind: an example of Environmental Management Plan focused on protecting and promoting biodiversity, and fishing resources Ugena Ispizua, A., Del Real Tuñón, J., Eggers Ruiz, L. Presentation Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Stakeholder Engagement
PrePARED Annual Report 2023 Marine Scotland, University of Aberdeen, SMRU Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals
What level of monitoring is enough to detect displacement effects of offshore wind farms? Hall, R., Black, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Overview of Predation by Birds, Cephalopods, Fish and Marine Mammals on Marine Benthic Amphipods Dauvin, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
Challenges in quantifying the responses of Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla to habitat variables and local stressors due to individual variation O'Hanlon, N., Thaxter, C., Clewley, G. Journal Article Wind Energy Attraction, Avoidance, Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Prospective modelling of operational offshore wind farms on the distribution of marine megafauna in the southern North Sea Virgili, A., Laran, S., Authier, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Collision Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Cumulative effects of offshore wind farms on common guillemots (Uria aalge) in the southern North Sea - climate versus biodiversity? Peschko, V., Schwemmer, H., Mercker, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance Birds, Seabirds
NextWind: Advancing Wind Energy Technology Using Real-Time Monitoring Systems in a Digital Twin Application Siddiqi, K., Kramer, S., Schneider, S. Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
AppSaS – Apportioning seabirds seen-at-sea: WP1 - Review The Carbon Trust Report Birds, Seabirds
AppSaS – Apportioning seabirds seen-at-sea: WP4 - Tool development The Carbon Trust Report Birds, Seabirds
AppSaS – Apportioning seabirds seen-at-sea — WP2 - Data Acquisition The Carbon Trust Report Birds, Seabirds
Habitatverlies van alken en zeekoeten in en rondom offshore windpark Gemini Grundlehner, A., Leopold, M. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Displacement Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
AppSaS – Apportioning seabirds seen-at-sea: Project executive summary The Carbon Trust Report Birds, Seabirds
Apportioning seabirds seen-at-sea (AppSaS): Apportioning in the nonbreeding season tool (ANBS) — User Guide to the ANBS tool The Carbon Trust Report Birds, Seabirds
Assessing areas suitable for offshore wind energy considering potential risk to breeding seabirds in northern Japan Obane, H., Kazama, K., Hashimoto, H. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
AppSaS – Apportioning seabirds seen-at-sea: WP3 - Method evaluation The Carbon Trust Report Birds, Seabirds
SU6 : suivi de la mégafaune marine (mammifères marins et avifaune) par avion ; SU7 : suivi de la mégafaune marine (mammifères marins et avifaune) par bateau – Phase de référence et phase de construction Biotope Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds, Passerines, Raptors, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Shetland Tidal Array Project Environmental Monitoring Plan (PEMP) Smith, K. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Chemicals, Collision, Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals
Behavioural responses of Sandwich terns following the construction of offshore wind farms Thaxter, C., Green, R., Collier, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Collision, Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Tracking Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus): A GPS transmitter study in relation to Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm Eikenaar, C., Fijn, R., Madden, H. Report Birds, Seabirds
Spatial and temporal dynamics of bird movement over the North Sea van Erp, J., Shamoun-Baranes, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Bilan environnemental 2022 du parc éolien en mer de Saint-Brieuc Iberdrola Renewables Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise Bats, Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality, Terrestrial Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Ornithological and Marine Mammal Baseline Characterisation Surveys for the POSEIDON project: January (Seasonal) Report – Northern Isles Meza, C., Soares, K., Young, S. Report Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals
Treffpunkt Nordsee – Zugwege der Sterntaucher Burger, C., Nehls, G. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement, Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report 2023 Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) Marine Energy, Tidal Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
Ornithological and Marine Mammal Baseline Characterisation Surveys for the POSEIDON project: September-October (Seasonal) Report – Northern Isles Soares, K., Young, S., Warford, S. Report Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals
Joint OSPAR/HELCOM/ICES Working Group on Seabirds (JWGBIRDS; Outputs from 2022 Meeting) Dierschke, V., Frederiksen, M., Glemarec, G. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance Birds, Seabirds
WP11 Boat Based Seabird and Marine Mammal Survey - 2023 Interim Report Falch, E., Waggitt, J. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Bats, Seabirds, Marine Mammals
A Probabilistic Methodology for Determining Collision Risk of Marine Animals with Tidal Energy Turbines Copping, A., Hasselman, D., Bangley, C. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Ornithological and Marine Mammal Baseline Characterisation Surveys for the POSEIDON project: July-September (Seasonal) Report – South-West Celtic Sea Young, S., Hawkins, L. Report Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals
Ornithological and Marine Mammal Baseline Characterisation Surveys for the POSEIDON project: July-September (Seasonal) Report – Central North Sea Young, S., Pereira, D., Player, M. Report Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals
Flight heights obtained from GPS versus altimeters influence estimates of collision risk with offshore wind turbines in Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus Johnston, D., Thaxter, C., Boersch-Supan, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision Birds, Seabirds
Avoidance of offshore wind farms by Sandwich Terns in the North Sea increases with turbine density van Bemmelen, R., Leemans, J., Collier, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance Birds, Seabirds
Strategic study of collision risk for birds on migration and further development of the stochastic collision risk modelling tool Woodward, I., Franks, S., Bowgen, K. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Collision Birds, Seabirds
Seabird tagging feasibility for the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy Cook, A., Pollock, C., Bogdanova, M. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Understanding seabird behaviour at sea part 2: improved estimates of collision risk model parameters Cook, A., Thaxter, C., Davies, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Collision Birds, Seabirds
Ornithological and Marine Mammal Baseline Characterisation Surveys for the POSEIDON project: April-June (Seasonal) Report – Central North Sea Young, S., Pereira, D., Player, M. Report Birds, Seabirds, Marine Mammals
A risk-based approach to cumulative effects assessment for large marine ecosystems to support transboundary marine spatial planning: A case study of the yellow sea Ma, C., Stelzenmüller, V., Rehren, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions
Towards understanding environmental and cumulative impacts of floating wind farms: Lessons learned from the fixed-bottom offshore wind farms Rezaei, F., Contestabile, P, Vicinanza, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, EMF Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates

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