Overview

As part of the consenting process for The National Grid Hinkley Connection Project, a tracking study was commissioned to track the movements of 15 Wigeon Anas penelope, with specific objectives to provide data on the flight paths that birds might take between the Severn Estuary SPA and the Somerset Levels and Moors SPA, and to explore how these relate to the route of the National Grid Hinkley Connection Project between Bridgwater and Seabank. Investigations also examined the frequency of movements through the winter period, and the flight heights and speeds of birds.