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dc.contributor.authorBevanger, Kjetil Modolv
dc.contributor.authorClausen, Stig Morten
dc.contributor.authorDahl, Espen Lie
dc.contributor.authorFlagstad, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorFollestad, Arne
dc.contributor.authorGjershaug, Jan Ove
dc.contributor.authorHalley, Duncan John
dc.contributor.authorHanssen, Frank Ole
dc.contributor.authorHoel, Pernille Lund
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Karl-Otto
dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Lars
dc.contributor.authorMay, Roelof Frans
dc.contributor.authorNygård, Torgeir
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Hans-Christian
dc.contributor.authorReitan, Ole
dc.contributor.authorSteinheim, Yngve
dc.contributor.authorVang, Roald
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-17T14:16:11Z
dc.date.available2017-11-17T14:16:11Z
dc.date.created2017-03-28T08:46:19Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-426-1975-4
dc.identifier.issn1504-3312
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2467011
dc.description.abstractBevanger, K., Clausen, S., Flagstad, Ø. Follestad, A., Gjershaug, J.O., Halley, D., Hanssen, F., Lund Hoel, P., Jacobsen, K.-O., Johnsen, L., May, R., Nygård, T., Pedersen, H.C., Reitan, O., Steinheim, Y. & Vang, R. 2008. ”Pre- and post-construction studies of conflicts between birds and wind turbines in coastal Norway”. Progress Report 2008. – NINA Report 409. 55 pp. The NFR-funded project Pre- and post-construction studies of conflicts between birds and wind turbines in coastal Norway is about to end its second year of activities, and as such it has reached a stage of intensive fieldwork and data collection. Monitoring of bird mortality within the wind power plant area takes place on a weekly basis assisted by special trained dogs. So far in 2008 (as of December 1) 9 white-tailed sea eagles (WTSE) and 7 willow ptarmigans have been recorded. Another 4 common snipes, 2 hooded crow, 2 golden plovers, 2 greylag goose, one grey heron, one kittiwake, one herring/greater black-backed gull, one merlin and one redshank have been collected; i.e. a total of 31 victims so far in 2008. The willow ptarmigan population have been monitored in spring and autumn and 6 willow ptarmigans were trapped and radio-tagged (in January-March). The trapping efforts have now been resumed and another 8 birds have been radio-tagged (up to December 1). A new activity on eagle owl, funded by the Directorate for Nature Management, is included in the project. The objectives with this project are, among other things, to collect mortality data using radio telemetry. However additional funding is needed. With respect to waders and smaller passerines the field work in 2008 was performed at a planned wind power plant site in Northern Norway, Andøya, to document the breeding bird status prior to the construction. The project still concentrates heavily on WTSE research, and this summer another 9 nestlings were equipped with radio transmitters, of which 3 have quit transmitting. Feather samples for DNA-analyses are collected, and when the samples of 6 WTSE adult collision victims recorded in 2008 were compared to 2006/2007 samples, it turned out that they matched two territorial birds with territories approximately 1.5 and 8 km from the wind power plant, respectively. A Master Thesis at the University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) focusing possible effects of the wind power plant on WTSE nesting success was concluded in September. One of the conclusions was that territories within or close to the power plant had a lowered nesting success after construction, compared with the same territories before construction. Another master student has collected data on WTSE behaviour inside and outside the wind power plant area to identify possible turbine generated differences in behaviour. These data are now being processed and the Thesis will be finalized in spring 2009. An important incident this year was the procurement of a bird radar lab. After some trial and error with respect to siting within the power plant area, the radar has now been collecting data continuously since April 3. Data processing is now under way. To investigate MERLIN radar performance at its current location field trials with dedicated controlled targets have been performed using model aircraft. The MERLIN processing functions have a set of parameters which can be adjusted to each operational task and environment. The flight tests provide data which helps in optimizing these processing parameters. In connection to turbine 43 a total of 6 daylight and one IR camera have been installed to monitor bird flight behaviour close to the turbines and to learn more about how turbine generated turbulence may affect the bird’s ability to manoeuvre in the air. Another objective is to evaluate possible “early warning devices” and mitigating measures when birds get at a critical distance to a turbine. A significant effort has been put into the construction of functional operational systems for broadband transmission of data from the radar and camera systems on Smøla to NINA HQ in Trondheim. This is now in place and adequate storing and retrieving systems is being focused. Another effort is connected to developing a system for gathering all MERLIN GIS tools to be used in ArcGIS desktop 9.x. and also to develop tools for analysing collision tracks in ArcGIS desktop. An important task is the ongoing terrain modelling inside and outside the power plant area together with the ground clutter modelling and radar-coverage at different altitudes from the current MERLIN radar location. Finally we have developed a dynamic literature database (usind EndNote Web) for publications on birds and wind energy and related topics.
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNorsk institutt for naturforskningnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofNINA rapport
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNINA Rapport;409
dc.subjectwindpowernb_NO
dc.subjectradarnb_NO
dc.subjectbirdnb_NO
dc.subjectNINA Rapportnb_NO
dc.subjectmortalitynb_NO
dc.subjectwhitetailed sea eaglenb_NO
dc.subjectptarmigannb_NO
dc.subjecteagle owlnb_NO
dc.subjectvindkraftnb_NO
dc.subjectfuglnb_NO
dc.subjectdødelighetnb_NO
dc.subjectGISnb_NO
dc.subjecthavørnnb_NO
dc.subjectlirypenb_NO
dc.subjecthubronb_NO
dc.title"Pre- and post-construction studies of conflicts between birds and wind turbines in coastal Norway". Progress Report 2008nb_NO
dc.typeResearch reportnb_NO
dc.rights.holder© Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. The publication may freely be cited where the source is acknowledgednb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber55 s.nb_NO
dc.identifier.cristin1461560
dc.relation.projectAndre: Norges forskningsrådnb_NO
dc.relation.projectAndre: EBLnb_NO
dc.relation.projectAndre: Statkraftnb_NO
dc.relation.projectAndre: Direktoratet for naturforvaltningnb_NO
dc.relation.projectAndre: NVEnb_NO
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