Annex B Design Based Analysis – Monthly Apportioned Population Estimates (Berwick Bank Development Array Plus 2km Buffer)

 

Table B.1: Monthly density and population estimates of kittiwakes in the Berwick Bank Development array plus 2km buffer, calculated using design-based analysis. Data include “no-identification” birds apportioned to species.

Kittiwake

Density Estimate (birds/

km2)

Lower 95% CI (birds/

km2)

Upper 95% CI

(birds/

km2)

Population Estimate (number)

 Lower 95% CI

(number)

 Upper 95% CI (number)

SD

 CV (%)

Survey

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-19

13.12

6.68

20.85

17174

8743

27281

4774

27.8%

May-19

3.97

2.93

5.11

5191

3829

6684

723

13.92%

Jun-19

2.22

1.78

2.77

2903

2325

3626

338

11.63%

Jul-19

4.8

4.09

5.44

6288

5352

7114

463

7.36%

Aug-19

8.55

7

10.16

11185

9168

13295

1082

9.67%

Sep-19

2.29

1.59

3.08

2997

2084

4029

496

16.53%

Oct-19

0.78

0.43

1.28

1016

557

1672

301

29.56%

Nov-19

0.32

0.22

0.42

419

288

554

68

16.19%

Dec-19

0.28

0.16

0.44

371

209

578

100

26.72%

Jan-20

1.95

1.11

2.96

2547

1453

3879

660

25.88%

Feb-20

1.99

1.02

3.15

2608

1335

4127

708

27.12%

Mar-20

7.52

4.94

10.86

9838

6472

14209

1969

20.01%

May S01 20

5.73

2.96

9.02

7498

3874

11808

2087

27.83%

May S02 20

7.95

5.74

10.06

10405

7519

13162

1437

13.81%

Jun-20

7.83

6.6

9.25

10248

8634

12108

900

8.78%

Jul-20

8.63

6.83

10.68

11292

8942

13975

1307

11.57%

Aug-20

13.24

9.86

16.91

17333

12899

22127

2392

13.8%

Sep-20

14.81

9.92

20.62

19383

12984

26980

3580

18.47%

Oct-20

1.53

0.96

2.21

2009

1256

2891

404

20.07%

Nov-20

5.15

3.11

7.21

6744

4064

9437

1335

19.79%

Dec-20

1.02

0.64

1.46

1331

839

1917

270

20.24%

Jan-21

2.63

1.8

3.52

3442

2362

4608

564

16.38%

Feb-21

2.3

0.56

4.93

3010

732

6448

1527

50.74%

Apr S01 21

7.91

5.85

10.24

10358

7653

13406

1457

14.06%

Apr S02 21

19.06

9.21

30.19

24949

12055

39510

7162

28.71%

Table B.2: Monthly absolute density and population estimates of guillemots in the Berwick Bank Development array plus 2km buffer, calculated using design-based analysis and adjusted for availability bias. Data include “no-identification” birds apportioned to species.

Guillemot

Adjusted Density Estimate (birds/

km2)

Adjusted Lower 95% CI (birds/

km2)

Adjusted Upper 95% CI

(birds/

km2)

Adjusted Population Estimate (number)

Adjusted Lower 95% CI

(number)

Adjusted Upper 95% CI (number)

Adjusted

SD

Adjusted CV (%)

Survey

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-19

11.07

7.8

15.03

14497

10220

19670

2491

17.18%

May-19

30.02

23.25

38.63

39287

30434

50550

5287

13.46%

Jun-19

6.4

4.17

9.01

8374

5451

11802

1715

20.48%

Jul-19

30.64

25.66

35.91

40107

33585

46999

3846

9.59%

Aug-19

48

26.66

75.96

62815

34898

99414

17552

27.94%

Sep-19

5.23

4.23

6.19

6842

5525

8105

637

9.31%

Oct-19

2.36

1.33

3.6

3091

1744

4718

784

25.36%

Nov-19

0.94

0.68

1.26

1247

893

1641

178

14.27%

Dec-19

1.9

1.28

2.57

2489

1679

3361

460

18.48%

Jan-20

15.02

10.37

21.08

19662

13578

27578

4117

20.94%

Feb-20

10.21

7.02

13.61

13365

9192

17822

2462

18.42%

Mar-20

33.74

24.28

44.27

44146

31775

57936

6553

14.84%

May S01 20

25.17

16.61

33.56

32945

21735

43918

6020

18.27%

May S02 20

20.87

14.73

27.3

27296

19289

35742

4485

16.43%

Jun-20

40.87

32.36

49.04

53499

42359

64177

5732

10.71%

Jul-20

11.88

9.47

14.78

15547

12390

19329

1926

12.39%

Aug-20

32.19

28.15

36.55

42128

36841

47824

3025

7.18%

Sep-20

33.77

24.81

43.33

44194

32462

56716

6583

14.9%

Oct-20

3.75

2.99

4.59

4902

3921

6021

565

11.53%

Nov-20

3.34

2.18

4.74

4386

2846

6204

843

19.22%

Dec-20

14.26

10.22

19.55

18659

13374

25584

3473

18.61%

Jan-21

11.66

9.73

13.75

15250

12734

17990

1363

8.94%

Feb-21

6.19

3.96

8.69

8116

5177

11367

1578

19.44%

Apr S01 21

28.26

22.71

34.87

36970

29727

45635

4486

12.13%

Apr S02 21

72.45

49.61

97.54

94806

64933

127644

17830

18.81%

Table B.3: Monthly absolute density and population estimates of razorbills in the Berwick Bank Development array plus 2km buffer, calculated using design-based analysis and adjusted for availability bias. Data include “no-identification” birds apportioned to species.

Razorbill

Adjusted Density Estimate (birds/

km2)

Adjusted Lower 95% CI (birds/

km2)

Adjusted Upper 95% CI

(birds/

km2)

Adjusted Population Estimate (number)

Adjusted Lower 95% CI

(number)

Adjusted Upper 95% CI (number)

Adjusted

SD

Adjusted CV (%)

Survey

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-19

1.52

0.88

2.36

1985

1149

3078

530

26.7%

May-19

1.38

1.01

1.83

1812

1333

2399

313

17.27%

Jun-19

0.21

0.06

0.44

269

83

564

139

51.67%

Jul-19

2.49

1.53

3.59

3258

2006

4705

818

25.11%

Aug-19

1.99

1.37

2.7

2594

1787

3529

506

19.51%

Sep-19

1.61

1.16

2.08

2111

1527

2728

355

16.82%

Oct-19

1.12

0.56

1.82

1469

738

2387

409

27.84%

Nov-19

0.11

0.06

0.19

141

74

237

36

25.53%

Dec-19

0.48

0.26

0.77

632

336

1014

193

30.54%

Jan-20

1.85

1.13

2.71

2419

1470

3545

588

24.31%

Feb-20

1.34

0.9

1.83

1760

1179

2398

331

18.81%

Mar-20

6.98

4.9

8.91

9130

6427

11657

1480

16.21%

May S01 20

0.95

0.6

1.27

1249

782

1667

269

21.54%

May S02 20

0.68

0.4

1.07

894

524

1399

243

27.18%

Jun-20

0.94

0.66

1.25

1230

858

1637

221

17.97%

Jul-20

1.86

1.12

2.72

2420

1467

3559

641

26.49%

Aug-20

3.68

2.68

4.94

4820

3500

6459

861

17.86%

Sep-20

11.9

7.76

16.35

15587

10159

21408

3282

21.06%

Oct-20

1.13

0.59

1.76

1479

768

2305

350

23.66%

Nov-20

0.3

0.17

0.45

401

232

589

92

22.94%

Dec-20

1.66

1.04

2.29

2165

1366

3007

503

23.23%

Jan-21

4.45

3.46

5.82

5830

4529

7614

914

15.68%

Feb-21

1.42

0.84

2.05

1868

1101

2692

429

22.97%

Apr S01 21

3.83

2.43

5.44

5007

3172

7131

1001

19.99%

Apr S02 21

1.79

1.42

2.17

2335

1851

2845

262

11.22%

 

Table B.4: Monthly absolute density and population estimates of puffins in the Berwick Bank Development array plus 2km buffer, calculated using design-based analysis and adjusted for availability bias. Data include “no-identification” birds apportioned to species.

Puffin

Adjusted Density Estimate (birds/

km2)

Adjusted Lower 95% CI (birds/

km2)

Adjusted Upper 95% CI

(birds/

km2)

Adjusted Population Estimate (number)

Adjusted Lower 95% CI

(number)

Adjusted Upper 95% CI (number)

Adjusted

SD

Adjusted CV (%)

Survey

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-19

1.34

0.95

1.84

1756

1247

2398

302

17.2%

May-19

2.24

1.77

2.69

2932

2321

3517

349

11.9%

Jun-19

0.32

0.16

0.53

434

219

692

136

31.34%

Jul-19

3.25

2.33

4.01

4246

3056

5250

655

15.43%

Aug-19

4.41

3.23

5.65

5770

4231

7386

922

15.98%

Sep-19

1.12

0.62

1.77

1463

805

2334

468

31.99%

Oct-19

0.3

0.19

0.43

393

246

567

91

23.16%

Nov-19

0.02

0.01

0.03

27

8

52

14

51.85%

Dec-19

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jan-20

0.06

0.02

0.09

70

35

116

28

40%

Feb-20

0.19

0.09

0.31

243

121

412

96

39.51%

Mar-20

0.68

0.32

1.09

900

407

1427

295

32.78%

May S01 20

1.85

1.1

2.57

2420

1428

3369

568

23.47%

May S02 20

0.65

0.47

0.84

842

617

1089

143

16.98%

Jun-20

0.81

0.52

1.09

1054

694

1435

227

21.54%

Jul-20

1.11

0.55

1.92

1445

723

2518

509

35.22%

Aug-20

2.1

1.55

2.68

2745

2025

3501

466

16.98%

Sep-20

12.48

10.47

14.74

16321

13707

19286

1749

10.72%

Oct-20

0.15

0.1

0.2

198

141

261

38

19.19%

Nov-20

0.14

0.09

0.19

176

116

238

41

23.3%

Dec-20

0.02

0.01

0.05

35

20

56

12

34.29%

Jan-21

0.02

0.01

0.05

31

19

57

13

41.94%

Feb-21

0.38

0.26

0.51

500

330

669

112

22.4%

Apr S01 21

1.04

0.7

1.48

1374

911

1935

289

21.03%

Apr S02 21

4.8

3.6

6.05

6280

4708

7927

1040

16.56%

 

Table B.5: Monthly density and population estimates of gannets in the Berwick Bank Development array plus 2km buffer, calculated using design-based analysis. Data include “no-identification” birds apportioned to species.

Gannet

Density Estimate (birds/

km2)

Lower 95% CI (birds/

km2)

Upper 95% CI

(birds/

km2)

Population Estimate (number)

 Lower 95% CI

(number)

 Upper 95% CI (number)

SD

 CV (%)

Survey

 

 

 

 

 

Mar-19

0.24

0.1

0.42

321

137

553

109

33.8%

May-19

0.75

0.48

1.07

980

631

1396

196

19.94%

Jun-19

1.4

1.06

1.8

1837

1388

2352

243

13.22%

Jul-19

3.55

3.06

4.05

4649

4001

5296

336

7.22%

Aug-19

3.84

3.06

4.8

5020

4011

6281

567

11.29%

Sep-19

2.58

2.11

3.03

3376

2758

3968

307

9.09%

Oct-19

0.83

0.67

1.02

1081

876

1329

123

11.34%

Nov-19

0.15

0.09

0.2

192

113

263

40

20.62%

Dec-19

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jan-20

0.01

0

0.02

8

0

25

8

99.09%

Feb-20

0.01

0

0.03

16

0

40

11

69.29%

Mar-20

0.23

0.12

0.38

304

154

492

89

29.04%

May S01 20

0.52

0.27

0.76

676

358

995

170

25.09%

May S02 20

1.14

0.72

1.69

1495

946

2218

329

21.97%

Jun-20

0.99

0.68

1.37

1302

885

1794

235

17.99%

Jul-20

3.4

2.87

3.96

4449

3751

5185

359

8.05%

Aug-20

2.52

1.97

3.06

3293

2583

4002

373

11.32%

Sep-20

1.45

1.13

1.77

1895

1486

2322

220

11.6%

Oct-20

0.79

0.59

0.99

1035

772

1296

137

13.21%

Nov-20

1.47

1.03

2.02

1919

1343

2644

325

16.9%

Dec-20

0.16

0.03

0.38

216

40

500

129

59.31%

Jan-21

0.09

0.04

0.13

114

54

177

31

26.84%

Feb-21

0.11

0.02

0.23

141

23

301

72

50.67%

Apr S01 21

0.56

0.42

0.72

738

555

937

95

12.83%

Apr S02 21

1.33

0.53

2.52

1745

700

3296

721

41.3%