Aerial Survey of Areas in the Central North Sea for Seabird and Marine Mammals Species for the POSEIDON Project

There are four core objectives for this contract. These are to: a) Conduct four, seasonal, high precision digital aerial surveys of the study area in the central North Sea. Survey data are to be collected using digital video or still imagery at a minimum of 1.5 cm Ground Surface Distance (GSD) to confidently capture and identify to the lowest taxonomic level possible all birds (in flight and on the water) and marine mammals within the surveyed area. Seasons are defined as: 1) December 2022 2) January – March 2023 3...