Wildlife Observations Programme
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.
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
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)