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Tagging of lesser black-backed gulls to provide evidence of their behaviour and habitat use from the Ribble & Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area (SPA)

Security & DefenceCPV 35121600 92534000
Value£33k
Awarded20 May 2017
Published24 Jan 2018
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

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£33ktotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

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The brief

gulls (LBBGs) from the Ribble Estuary breeding colony were fitted with Movetech GPS-GSM tags to obtain a detailed understanding of their movement patterns and in particular their flight height.

Although the work was successful, the BTO recommended that the University of Amsterdam Tracking System (UvA) offers a better option for studying flight heights of adult gulls.

Eight UvA tags were subsequently purchased by Natural England through a further contract with the BTO.

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