Marine survey services

Tender description

The Scottish Ministers are commissioning the tracking of key seabird species in the west of Scotland and the provision of training on the deployment of tags on great black backed gulls using weak link harnesses. The objective of Lot 3 is to track Leach’s Storm Petrel breeding on the islands of St Kilda and North Rona to gather data on distribution and habitat use in the west of Scotland. These data will provide information to help inform our understanding of the species movements and potential exposure to pressures at sea. The objective of Lot 4 is the provision of training to deploy telemetry tags on great black-backed gulls using weak-link harnesses. This is to build capacity within the research community to allow data on the distribution, movement and behaviour of the species in Scotland to be gathered so that we better understand the pressures that it may encounter. The objective of Lot 1 is to track Manx Shearwater breeding on the Isle of Rum to gather data on distribution and habitat use in the west of Scotland. These data will provide information to help inform our understanding of the species movements and potential exposure to pressures at sea. The objective of Lot 2 is to track European Storm Petrel breeding on the Treshnish Islands and Priest Island to gather data on distribution and habitat use in the west of Scotland. These data will provide information to help inform our understanding of the species movements and potential exposure to pressures at sea.