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Receptor
Effect
Development
Phase
Sensitivity/
Importance
of Receptor
Magnitude of
Change/Effect
Level of
Effect (and
Significance)
Prior to
Mitigation
Mitigation
Enhancement
Level of
Effect (and
Significance)
after
Mitigation
Nature of Effect
Decommissioning Phase: Of comparable type and of similar magnitude to the construction phase effects
Table 16.6 Summary of Effects – Ornithology
Level of
Level of
Receptor
Effect
Development
Phase
Sensitivity/
Importance
of Receptor
Magnitude of
Change/Effect
Effect (and
Significance)
Prior to
Mitigation
Enhancement
Effect (and
Significance
) after
Nature of Effect
Mitigation
Mitigation
Assumes
Removal (felling)
theoretical loss of a
Goshawk
Habitat loss
(nesting)
Construction
Regional
Small (worst
case scenario)
Slight
(not
significant)
of nest site prior
to construction
and outside of
the breeding
season
N/A
Slight (not
significant)
nest site in the
unlikely event that
one is established
within the
development
footprint
Habitat loss
(foraging)
Construction Regional Negligible
Negligible (not
significant)
None
N/A
Negligible
(not
significant)
None predicted
Goshawk
Disturbance/ Construction Regional Small (worst Slight Pre- and midconstruction
N/A Slight (not Assumes
March 2013 Displacement
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theoretical ES Chapter 16
Summary of Effects and Mitigation
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