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Boreas completes wildlife map
Environmental consultancy APEM has completed seabird and marine mammal surveys for Vattenfalls 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
More than 34,000 ultra-high resolution digital photographs have been taken using aircraft-mounted camera systems over 24 months, APEM said.
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The images will be used by the project team to prepare its final environmental assessments.
APEM also used a new method agreed with statutory nature conservation bodies to provide absolute density estimates for marine mammals from aerial digital data.
Vattenfall consent manager for Norfolk Boreas Jake Laws said: “We need the data that APEM gathers so we can make a proper analysis of the potential impact that Norfolk Boreas could have on seabirds and marine mammals.
“APEM’s hi-tech approach is really exciting and, importantly, effective in gathering reliable data.”
APEM project manager Sean Sweeney said: “We are delighted to have completed the survey programme without missing a single month, despite some challenging weather conditions over the last two years.
“Our new method for using our aerial digital data to estimate population densities of marine mammals is a significant advance for the industry and we’re looking forward to continuing to provide high resolution aerial digital surveys for Vattenfall.”
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