21 Mar Modelling population-level impacts of wind farm collision risk on Welsh Red Kites
A joint study between BTO Cymru and BSG Ecology, with input from Cardiff University, looking at the potential for population level effects of wind farm fatality on red kites has been published. This has involved a detailed data gathering exercise that has informed a Population Viability Analysis exercise. Data has been sourced from the Welsh Kite Trust, raptor workers, the Welsh biological records centres, wind farm monitoring reports and a wide variety of published sources. Data regarding future wind farm proposals has been provided (under Non Disclosure Agreements) by nine of Wales’s leading wind farm developers to inform the study, which has been funded by RenewableUK Cymru.
It is hoped that the outcome will inform both the ornithological chapters of wind farm Environmental Statements and Habitats Regulations Assessments.
Access the study here: Modelling population-level impacts of wind farm collision risk on Welsh Red Kites