Publication - Research and analysis

Seabird flight height data collection at an offshore wind farm: final report

Published: 30 September 2022
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781804358771

Understanding seabird flight heights and behaviour in and around operational offshore wind farms is a priority knowledge gap. Using aircraft mounted LiDAR technology, this study collected data on seabird flight height and shows the potential for using it in offshore windfarm impact assessments.

Supporting documents

List of Tables

Table 1 Fight height analysis for the different study sites (Survey Area 1 with WTGs, Survey Area 2 without WTGs) for the four study species using Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction.

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