Bird Surveys Professional Service Framework

Description

In 2011, Bord Na Móna plc published a ‘Strategic Framework for the Future Use of Peatlands’, which reviews and assesses the land bank resource, identifies key issues and considers options for future land-use. This strategy recognises that cutaway peatlands have significant potential for the development of wind energy. Bord na Móna Plc and specifically Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd. have completed a high-level site selection study examining the potential for developing cutaway peat land for the purposes of Wind Energy production. Arising from the site selection process a number of areas have been selected for further investigation and will require ongoing baseline surveys for breeding and winter birds. These surveys will subsequently act as baseline data for any future Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for potential development of the bogs identified. Lot 1: Bord Na Móna plc is a commercial semi-state company 95 % owned by the state, originally established in 1946 to develop and manage some of Ireland’s extensive peat resources, in accordance with government policy at the time. Bord Na Móna plc lands extend to approximately 80 000 hectares in total and are located mainly in the Irish midlands. In 2011, Bord Na Móna plc published a ‘Strategic Framework for the Future Use of Peatlands’, which reviews and assesses the land bank resource, identifies key issues and considers options for future land-use. This strategy recognises that cutaway Peatlands have significant potential for the development of wind energy. Bord na Móna Plc and specifically Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd. have completed a high-level site selection study examining the potential for developing cutaway peat land for the purposes of Wind Energy production. Arising from the site selection process a number of areas have been selected for further investigation and will require ongoing baseline surveys for breeding and winter birds. These surveys will subsequently act as baseline data for any future Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for potential development of the bogs identified.