Birds are prone to collisions with tall human-made structures like e.g. wind turbines. We provide our expertise and consultancy mainly in radar ornithology to elaborate evidence-based impact assessments and scientific reports for applied research questions concerning mitigation of conflicts between (migratory) birds and tall human-made structures. Most projects are publicly financed and are currently focused on collisions of birds at onshore windfarms (anti-collision systems) and bird migration over sea related to offshore wind farms in France.
Radar BirdScanMS1 in Brandenburg (D).
Wind turbines at Peuchapatte (JU).
Collision victim of a wind turbine found at Peuchapatte (JU).
Laser-range finder to manually track bird movements at Haldenstein (GR) in order to test the effectiveness of the anti-collision system dtBird.
Radar measurements at Arnoldstein (A) within the project V.i.A of BirdLife Austria.
Radar measurements at Planneralm (A) within the project V.i.A of BirdLife Austria.
Radar measurements at the Strait of Messina within the framework of an environmental impact assessment regarding a bridge project.
Mitigation of conflicts between (migratory) birds and tall human-made structures
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Bird Migration
We research migratory birds from their breeding grounds to Africa and lay the foundations for their protection beyond national borders.