collision risk Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Preventing eagles from hitting wind turbines

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-07-09T10:06:46+00:0013 Jul 2023|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, collision risk, raptors, wind farms|

Which flight characteristics predict entry into rotor-swept zones?

Bird-building collisions spike during fair weather

By Erin Jackson|2023-05-30T11:18:49+00:005 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, collision, collision risk, creative writing, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat selection, Migration, mortality, passerines, Urban birds, urbanization, volunteers|

Could calm weather be the perfect storm for bird collisions?

Are Sandwich Terns at risk of collision?

By Mark Collier|2023-02-08T12:26:34+00:0013 Feb 2023|behaviour, bird-human interactions, collision risk, fieldwork, flight, foraging, monitoring, mortality, renewable energy, Seabirds, wind farms|

Flight heights of Sandwich Terns higher than previous estimates

Eagles vs. power lines: attraction or avoidance?

By Ana Teresa Marques|2022-06-01T10:16:51+00:0030 May 2022|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, collision risk, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, soaring birds|

Do power lines affect space use by Bonelli’s Eagles?

Unbiased estimates of bird collisions

By Julia Gómez-Catasús|2021-03-12T09:44:09+00:0015 Mar 2021|bird-human interactions, collision, collision risk, mortality|

Do we detect all fatalities from collisions with electric lines?

Wildlife and wind energy

By Darío Fernández-Bellon|2020-12-22T14:44:17+00:0030 Nov 2020|birds of prey, collision risk, displacement, grey literature, impact assessment, raptors|

Open practices can help bridge the research-implementation gap