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The UK’s market leader in high-resolution digital aerial offshore wildlife surveys.
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The UK’s market leader in high-resolution digital aerial offshore wildlife surveys.
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Louisiana Coastal Zone Survey

Louisiana Coastal Zone Survey

HiDef, in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and Louisiana Delta Waterfowl, has completed data collection on a groundbreaking comparative study comparing traditional visual aerial survey methods for migratory waterfowl with HiDef’s bespoke Digital Aerial Survey (DAS) methodology. The current survey method in Louisiana has State biologists flying at an altitude… Continue Reading

Louisiana Coastal Zone Survey

Louisiana Coastal Zone Survey

HiDef, in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and Louisiana Delta Waterfowl, has completed data collection on a groundbreaking comparative study comparing traditional visual aerial survey methods for migratory waterfowl with HiDef’s bespoke Digital Aerial Survey (DAS) methodology. The current survey method in Louisiana has State biologists flying at an altitude… Continue Reading

Category Archives: Our People – ID Team Leader

Simon Pinder – Team Leader

Simon Pinder – Team Leader

Simon is an Approved JNCC ESAS (European Seabirds at Sea) trainer since April 2010 with over 1000 hours of marine mammal surveys for research projects offshore wind farms, tidal and wave arrays. Adding to his ‘old seadog’ tag, beginning in January 2004 he has completed over 8000 hours (over 1000 days) of European Seabird at Sea (ESAS) surveys, the majority (over 7000 hours) following the COWRIE methodology for survey seabirds for twenty-three offshore wind farms, tidal and wave arrays, those planned, proposed, in-construction and constructed. Before becoming an ecological consultant, Simon spent 10 years working in nature conservation, including six summers as a seabird warden/researcher. Four of these on the Irish Sea InterReg Roseate Tern Project. Simon has undertaken East Canadian Seabird at Sea surveys off the east coast of North America and marine mammal surveys in Antarctica. He has been working as part of the HiDef ID team since 2019.

Paul French – Team Leader

Paul French – Team Leader

Paul’s role within HiDef is senior ornithologist, undertaking bird and marine mammal identification, QA and adjudication. He has extensive experience of all marine and wetland species encountered around the north-east Atlantic and the Baltic, and also helps train the ID Team. Paul has identified over 500,000 bird and marine mammal images for HiDef and BioConsult.… Continue Reading

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Cumbria, CA14 4HX

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