Birds of Prey and Wind Farms

Chapter 1 Research Issues and Aims of the Study

Chapter 2 Project Structure and Methodological Approach

Chapter 3 Red Kite

Chapter 4 Telemetric Monitoring of Montagu’s Harrier in Schleswig-Holstein

Chapter 5 Impacts of Wind Turbines on the Population and Nest Site Selection of the Montagu’s Harrier in the Hellweg Börde, North Rhine-Westphalia

Chapter 6 Impacts of Wind Turbines on the Population and Nest Site Selection of the Montagu’s Harrier in North Frisia

Chapter 7 Satellite Tracking of White-Tailed Sea Eagles in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg

Chapter 8 Behavioural Observations of White-Tailed Sea Eagles in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines

Chapter 9 Effects of Individuals Lost Due to Wind Turbines on the Time of Occupying a Territory, the Survival of Breeding Territories and the Breeding Success of White-Tailed Sea Eagles (Case Studies)

Chapter 10 Distances Between Breeding Sites and White-Tailed Sea Eagles Found Dead Near Wind Turbines in Schleswig-Holstein

Chapter 11 White-Tailed Sea Eagle—Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 12 Collisions of Birds of Prey with Wind Turbines—Analysis of the Circumstances

Chapter 13 Collision Victims and Lattice Towers—Frequency of Collision, Breeding Population and Breeding Success of Birds of Prey in Two Wind Farms in Brandenburg

Chapter 14 Calculation of the Probability of a Collision of Territorial Birds of Prey with Wind Turbines

Chapter 15 Population Development and Breeding Success of Birds of Prey in Relation to the Development of Wind Energy Use in Germany

Chapter 16 Conclusions, Risk Assessment, Conflict Minimisation, Practical Recommendations, Need for Further Research