CivTech Challenge 10.3 - How can technology help improve the monitoring and protection of seabirds in various environments, focussing initially on the challenge of monitoring puffins above and below ground?

Published

30 July 2024

Submission deadline

10 September 2024

Estimated value

£650,000

Place of performance

UKM

Procedure

Open procedure

Lots

1

Notice number

023722-2024

Reference

ocds-h6vhtk-0485d3

Official source

Official source

CPV codes

• 32260000Data-transmission equipment
• 30236200Data-processing equipment
• 32580000Data equipment
• 33120000Recording systems and exploration devices
• 90712300Marine conservation strategy planning
• 92534000Wildlife preservation services

Description

You would think that with a bird as iconic as the puffin, we would know how many of them we have in the UK and how successful a breeding colony is in any year. Yet, of all the seabirds we are internationally responsible for, the puffin is one of the hardest to count because they breed in burrows underground. Traditional methods are either extremely labour intensive, with specialised fieldworkers required for counts, or can only give us an indication of how many puffins there are on land or on sea. It is also hard to tell how successfully they are managing to breed.

Official publications

• FTS · 023722-2024 · 30 July 2024

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