Guidance
Wild Birds (Nesting) Advice Note v1 March 2026
Wild Birds (Nesting) Advice Note v1 March 2026
- OPRED
- Guidance
- Environment
- Environmental protectionRegulation and legislation
- Decommissioning
- Competence and trainingEnvironmental monitoring and quality assuranceEnvironmental permittingRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Advice for UKCS oil and gas operators protecting nesting birds during installation decommissioning. It explains licensing routes and tests, bird management plans, survey timing and competence, and limitations of deterrent methods. An appended case describes combined deterrents at a Southern North Sea installation without establishing which measure chiefly prevented nesting.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Environmental monitoring and quality assurance.
Classifications: Environmental permitting.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
Advice on protecting wild birds during the nesting season.
Themes: environment.