Author: Agustin Rioperez, Marcos PuentePublication: DTBirdYear Published: 2015 A compilation of data recorded by DTBird systems installed around the world in 2014 and 2015 are presented: Species detected, range/mean values of flights/day/WTG, total number flights/year/WTG, daily profile of flights, number warning/dissuasion signals activated, number and length of Stops.DTBird capabilities have been recently tested during Autumn…
Author: Philip SpearPublication: Bird Control Seminars ProceedingsYear Published: 1996 The last speaker on any program as broad as this one has been usually finds that anything worthwhile he may have had in mind has already been said by one of the earlier speakers. My predicament is even more difficult because the topic for this period…
Author: H.T. Harvey & AssociatesPublication: American Wind and Wildlife InstituteYear Published: 2018 Bird collisions with anthropogenic objects are well documented in the literature, including those involving wind turbines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and help improve the effectiveness of an automated detection and deterrent system designed to minimize the risk of raptors…
Author: Dr. R. DoolingPublication: University of MarylandYear Published: 2002 This report provides a complete summary of what is known about basic hearing capabilities in birds in relation to the characteristics of noise generated by wind turbines. It is a review of existing data on bird hearing with some preliminary estimates of environmental noise and wind…
Author: Abd El-Aleem Saad Soliman DesokyPublication: Sohag UniversityYear Published: 2014 Birds are a serious problem at airports threat to aviation safety. Since the early days of aviation, collisions of aircraft and birds have taken place, sometimes with fatal consequences Generally, the damage due to their size of the bird species involved, hunting behavior, and hovering/soaring…
Author: Matthew WylderPublication: Wind Harvest InternationalYear Published: 2014 WHI commissioned UCD engineer Matt Wylder to take the Scottish Natural Heritage model for calculating bird strikes in HAWTs and redo it for VAWTs. His paper “Vertical Axis Wind Turbines and Birds: Calculating a Theoretical Collision Risk Assuming No Avoiding Action” summarizes a number of runs he…
Author: Blair UrquhartPublication: Scottish Natural HeritageYear Published: 2010 The SNH Collision Risk Model (CRM) provides an estimate of the potential number of bird collisions likely to occur at a proposed wind farm. Birds react to a wind farm in different ways. Some may be displaced from the area of the wind farm, while others may…
Publication: Scottish Natural HeritageYear Published: 2000 Windfarms may impact on ornithological interests in a number of ways. There may be: loss of habitat due to the construction of turbine bases and tracks, displacement of birds as a result of disturbance, and potential mortality through collision. SNH Guidance note describes a methodology for assessing in full…
Publication: BBC NewsYear Published: 2006 Wind farm turbine blades are killing a key population of Europe’s largest bird of prey, UK wildlife campaigners warn.
Author: Ralph PowleslandPublication: Science For Conservation 289Year Published: 2009 The impacts of wind farms on New Zealand bird species and populations are unknown. This document reviews available literature on the impacts of on shore wind farms on birds, based on studies in other countries. A key finding is that wind farms tend to have variable effects on bird…