Guidance
JNCC Advice Note – Seabird Survey Methods for Offshore Installations (Black-legged kittiwakes) updated April 2025
JNCC Advice Note – Seabird Survey Methods for Offshore Installations (Black-legged kittiwakes) updated April 2025
- OPRED
- Guidance
- Environment
- Environmental protection
- Environmental monitoring and quality assuranceEnvironmental permitting
- Offshore installation
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Summary
Advice on surveying black-legged kittiwakes nesting or roosting on offshore installations. It explains seasonal survey timing, apparently occupied nest counts, optical observation, photography and repeat recording. Guidance addresses hidden nests, chick ageing and completion of fledging, alongside wild birds licensing and limitations of UAV surveys.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Environmental monitoring and quality assurance.
Classifications: Environmental permitting.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
Sets out methods for surveying black-legged kittiwakes around offshore installations.
Themes: environment.