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Coastal Visitor Survey 2019-20 Report This report details the results of visitor surveys which were undertaken over the winter of 2019/20 on behalf of Bird Aware Solent, forming part of their ongoing monitoring programme. Fieldwork included tally counts of all visitors seen, and face-to-face interviews with a sample of visitors. Interview questions were similar to those used in previous surveys carried out for Bird Aware Solent, covering a range of topics relating to visitor origins, access patterns and behaviour. Ten survey locations were used, with 16 hours of fieldwork at each, split between one weekday and one weekend day. Key results and findings included: • Across all sites, 1,806 groups (of one or more people) were counted passing the survey location. These groups were consisted of 3,226 people and 1,067 dogs, giving an average group size across all sites of 1.8 people and 0.6 dogs. Hilsea in Portsmouth was by far the busiest location, accounting for half of all people recorded. • A total of 267 interviews were conducted. • The majority of interviewees were locals on a short visit or day trip from home. Only 9 interviewees were on holiday and 2 interviewees were visiting friends/family. • At most survey locations, the most common activity was either dog walking (61% of recorded activities overall) or walking (25% overall), although at Newtown bird/wildlife watching was the most frequently recorded activity. • 57% of interviewees, across all sites, visited for between 30 minutes and 1 hour. • 36% of interviewees said that they visited either daily or on most days. Salterns Quay had the most regular visitors, with 76% of interviewees there visiting either daily or on most days. • 72% of interviewees said that they visited equally all year round. • 40% of interviewees said that either all, or at least 75%, of their visits took place at the site where they were interviewed. At Salterns Quay, this figure was 62%, indicating a high level of site loyalty. • 55% of interviewees arrived by car/van and 43% arrived on foot, although this varied with survey location. At Calshot, for example, 92% arrived by car/van and at Salterns Quay 84% arrived on foot. • 96% of interviewees provided full, valid postcodes, which enabled analysis of their point of origin, with the median straight-line distance between the given postcode and the survey location being 2.3km. This reduced to 2.0km after exclusion of those on holiday or staying with friends/family. Interviewees at Salterns Quay were particularly local, with three quarters living within 0.7km of the survey location. • The median length of mapped interviewee routes across all sites was 2.2 km. Only 7% of interviewees said that they accessed the intertidal zone (below the strandline) as part of their route and only 3% accessed the water. • The reasons given for visiting a specific interview location/site were varied, but the most common answer was that it was close to home (45% of interviewees). • Around half (48%) of interviewees were aware of the development of the England Coast Path, and 68% said that they expected its development would lead to them exploring new sections of the coast. • 34% of interviewees were unaware of any habitats or species at the interview location which could be affected by recreation. • 26% of interviewees had heard of Bird Aware Solent, with 19% having seen a ranger and 16% having spoken to one. The locations where interviewees showed the least awareness of Bird Aware Solent were Hayling Billy Trail (8% awareness) and Langstone (10% awareness). • Interviewees gave many suggestions for site improvements, the most common one being provision of better paths (16% of all interviewees). However, 55% of interviewees overall did not suggest any changes, indicating that they were happy with the site as it is. • Hayling Beach, Southsea, Portchester, Lepe Country Park and Royal Victoria Country Park (in Netley) were all popular alternative sites along the Solent coastline visited by interviewees. Visit duration (Q4) ....................................................................................................................... 18 Frequency of visits (Q5)............................................................................................................... 19 Time of day (Q6) .......................................................................................................................... 21 Time of year (Q7) ......................................................................................................................... 22 This report was commissioned by Bird Aware Solent and we are grateful to Anna Parry and the Bird Aware Solent team for help and guidance during the project. Fieldwork was co-ordinated by Fenella Lewin and undertaken by Alison Jay, Jackie Lake, Sally Mitchell and Su Powner. Our thanks also to the various landowners and site managers for access and also to the members of the public who gave up their time to be interviewed. This report provides the results of a visitor survey, undertaken by Footprint Ecology over the winter of 2019/20, as part of ongoing monitoring for Bird Aware Solent, a recreation mitigation partnership for the Solent coast. It builds on previous visitor survey work carried out in the winters of 2009/10 (Fearnley, Clarke, & Liley, 2010) and 2017/18 (Liley & Panter, 2018) in order to better understand current visitor patterns. Fieldwork, comprising visitor interviews and tally counts, was conducted at ten carefully selected locations along the Solent coastline. The Solent coast is internationally important for its wildlife, in particular the large numbers of wintering waders and wildfowl. There are three Special Protection Areas (SPAs) which were designated primarily to protect these overwintering birds: Solent & Southampton Water SPA (which includes parts of the northern coastline of the Isle of Wight), Portsmouth Harbour SPA and Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA. There is also a newly classified Solent and Dorset Coast SPA which protects internationally important populations of breeding terns. Other designations include the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and the Solent & Isle of Wight Lagoons SAC. All of these sites are protected under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended) which means that there are legal duties relating to plans and projects that could affect the protected features of the sites. Disturbance from recreation is a concern for this area due to the presence of a large, and increasing, resident population close to the coast. Leisure activities, such as walking, cycling, jogging, and the presence of dogs, can disturb birds, interrupting their feeding or resting time and causing them to lose energy. Bird Aware Solent was therefore established to help mitigate the impacts of recreation, using developer contributions collected by the relevant local planning authorities. Bird Aware Solent uses a combination of measures to achieve its goal, including a team of rangers who engage with visitors and local communities along the coast, targeted work with dog walkers and site- specific projects. This visitor survey was commissioned as part of ongoing monitoring for the Bird Aware Solent mitigation scheme, as recommended in previous monitoring advice (Liley, Stillman, Austin, & Panter, 2016). It forms just one element of a monitoring programme, which also includes vehicle counts, automated in-situ people counters and bird disturbance observations. The visitor surveys are always carried out over winter, to coincide with the presence of overwintering birds, which are the focus of the project. Visitor surveys are an important tool for understanding the usage of sites and visitor behaviour, and any changes in them over time. Visitor interviews provide information on access patterns, reasons for visiting, routes taken on site, and the origin of visitors. The provision of robust monitoring data is essential in order to measure the effectiveness of the mitigation approaches enacted by Bird Aware Solent. The data can also be used to help inform future decision-making regarding where best to allocate resources in order to minimise any negative impacts of recreation upon the nature conservation value of the area. Visitor survey work involved interviews and tally counts of people at ten locations across the Solent, including one on the Isle of Wight. The tallies provide an overview of visitor flow at each survey location and the visitor interviews, involving a random sample of people, provide data on visitor origins, visitor profile and factors that influence visitor behaviour on site. The ten survey locations were initially chosen following recommendations set out in the mitigation monitoring advice report (Liley, et al., 2016), and have all been previously subject to survey in the winters of 2009/10 and 2017/18, allowing a direct comparison between them over time. The survey locations are summarised in Table 1 and shown in Map 1. Table 1: Summary of survey locations (to be used in conjunction with Map 1) Tally based on imaginary line around tarmacked car Based in car park, but also roaming north-east park. All people stepping out of car park are ‘entering’ along beach and interviewing people and those returning to vehicle ‘leaving’. Maintain 1. Calshot SU485016 parking/using small parking area on other side separate tally for small parking area on north side of of road (with path heading north). road and people heading north/south along seawall from that area. Through lane, past houses,
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