This month the HiDef team were up in Shetland doing fieldwork!
Over four days the team undertook puffin counts at multiple Special Protection Area (SPA) colonies in Shetland to gain up-to-date colony counts, contribute towards the Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP) and improve quantification of potential impacts from offshore developments. Increased monitoring is particularly important in the wake of the unprecedented outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
HiDef worked closely with teams on the ground from NatureScot and RSPB to achieve full coverage of these important sites.
Our team have a wealth of experience in multi-taxa marine species surveying; please send any survey and consultancy enquiries to kelly.macleod@hidefsurveying.co.uk or enquiries@hidefsurveying.co.uk
