Impacts of Wind Farms on birds in Evros and Rhodopi, Greece: Preliminary results
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YEAR:
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2006
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PUB TYPE:
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Conference Paper in Proceedings
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PAGES:
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157 -
157
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SUBJECT(S):
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environmental impact study, wind parks, vultures, raptors, storks
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DISCIPLINE:
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Environmental Studies
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LANGUAGE:
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English
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PUB ID:
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103-429-285
(Last edited on
2006/10/13 08:10:28 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
According to European policy, wind farms are a promising alternative energy source. Wind farms can be considered as “green” energy, but in some areas where protected spiecies of fauna occur, some problems can rise. In this study the impact of two wind farms on a raptor community in northeastern Greece is presented.
The study area is located in Evros and Rhodopi prefectures, Greece, close to the last breeding colony of Eurasian Black Vulture Aegypius monachus in the Balkans (National Park of Dadia-Soufli-Lefkimi).
Two viewpoints were selected in each wind farm, overlooking the major part of the turbines. We visited the viewpoints during 52 days of fieldwork, 4 hours each time. In addition, a fixed group of turbines was walked in every visit to search for dead birds.
The data collected include species, number, sex, age, type and height of flight and activity of all observed raptors. Additionally if the birds had been observed close to the turbines, or crossing the “row”, some other variables have been collected, like the closest turbine, the distance to the turbine, etc.
The results of this study cover the breeding season, summer and autumn 2004.
No raptors were found dead. Because of this, it is impossible to relate risk events directly with mortality and a low mortality can be expected. Most of the birds detected in the risk area were local birds. High proportion of detected birds in the risk area crossed the turbines, thus the effect of the windmills on the behaviour of the birds is supposed to be rather low. Many movements of the raptors occurred close to the outermost turbines, but many vultures were observed to cross the lines in the gaps of the lines.
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