2004 - 2005, Environmentally Sustainable Systems Ltd, Lynn and Inner Dowsing, Ornithological Monitoring

This project is in relation to monitoring objective 1 outlined in the FEPA licences for the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm sites. The boat based surveys recorded a high number of divers which were not shown in previous surveys. It should be noted that the vessel used for both the March 2005 and February 2005 surveys had a higher eye height than all previous surveys. The land based survey on 1st March 2005 recorded relatively high numbers of red throated divers (68 in total) observed within 1 and 2km from the coast. Since only one survey has been recorded in the month of February and one in the month of December, the pre-construction baseline would be reinforced for monitoring purposes with additional surveys in the month of February, and ideally also December.