Wildlife Observations Programme
Funder: Scottish Government / Scottish Natural Heritage
Timescale
- Fall of Warness: July 2005 to 2015
- Billia Croo: March 2009 to 2015
- Scapa Flow: January 2011 to March 2013
- Shapinsay Sound: January 2011 to March 2013
Aim
To collect data which can inform on whether or not displacement, or other alteration to behaviour and distribution, occurs in the resident wildlife due to the presence and/or operation of marine energy devices
EMEC role
EMEC manages the project with data collection undertaken by a local team of expert wildlife observers.
Outcomes
SNH Commissioned Report 947
Fall of Warness Wildlife data analysis
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EMEC Fall of Warness Tidal Test Site: Wildlife Observations Project Annual Report (Marine Scotland) 2014 (external link)
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Analysis of Bird and Marine Mammal Data or Fall of Warness Tidal Test Site (SNH) 2012 (external link)