Annex A: Breeding Season Apportioning Values for Non-SPA Colonies

  1. Please find Annex A attached to this document separately.

[1] Where a SPA consists of multiple colonies, the distance given is the average distance.

[2] Included in the non-breeding season following Natural England’s scoping response; see section 2.1 for explanation.

[3]   The data from the Seabirds Count are assumed to be unaffected by the HPAI outbreak, which did not significantly impact breeding seabird colonies until 2022. 

[4] Using immature proportions as calculated from survival rates and numbers of one year old birds recorded on baseline survey transects covering the Array.

[5] Apparently Occupied Nests (bird census) (AON)

[6] Where a colony consists of multiple subsites average values are provided for distance to the Offshore Array Area and proportion of foraging range at sea.

[7] Number of individuals counted (bird census) (IND)

[8] Apparently Occupied Burrow (AOB)

[9] Number of individuals counted (bird census) (IND)