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DETECTION MODULE Dtbird® FACT SHEET DTBird® FACT SHEET DETECTION MODULE BIRD MONITORING ONSHORE - OPERATING WTGS Study Period: January 2013 - June 2015 Wind farms equipped with DTBird® Detection Module, located in France, Study Area: Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) Studied: All WTGs equipped with DTBird® Detection Module (>50 WTGs) Bird wingspan Radius >150 cm 150-250 m Radius of the Surveillance area around the WTG: 75-150 cm 75-150 m <75 cm 25-75 m Service Period: Daylight (>50 lux) Total Nº Birds detected within the Surveillance area: >50.0001 birds Mean Nº Birds detected/WTG/Year: 900 Birds (range 100 - 3.200 birds) Examples of Species detected & identified2 with DTBird® GROUPS Detection Module Aquila chrysaetos, Buteo buteo, Circaetus gallicus, Circus aeruginosus, Circus Raptors pygargus, Falco naumanni, Falco tinnunculus, Gyps fulvus, Haliaeetus albicilla, Hieraaetus pennatus, Milvus migrans, Milvus milvus Crows Corvus corax, Corvus corone, Corvus monedula Apus apus, Columba palumbus, Delichon urbicum, Eremophila alpestris, Passerines Garrulus glandarius, Lanius excubitur, Merops apiaster, Monticola solitarius, Phoenicurus ochruros, Pica pica, Saxicola torquata, Sturnus vulgaris Waterfowls (Ducks, Gooses, Swans) Anser anser, Branta canadensis, Cygnus cygnus Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo Herons & Storcks Ardea cinerea, Ciconia ciconia Gannets & Pelicans Pelecanus crispus Cranes Grus grus Gulls Larus michaellis 1 Excluded flocks of birds detected flying above the Rotor Swept Area, without any collision risk. 2 Identification performed through the review of video recordings of bird flights detected by DTBird® Detection Module, stored online in DTBird® Data Analysis Platform (DAP). 1 www.dtbird.com.
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