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Attraction of Nocturnally Migrating Birds to Artificial Light the Influence Biological Conservation 233 (2019) 220–227 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Biological Conservation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/biocon Attraction of nocturnally migrating birds to artificial light: The influence of colour, intensity and blinking mode under different cloud cover conditions T ⁎ Maren Rebkea, , Volker Dierschkeb, Christiane N. Weinera, Ralf Aumüllera, Katrin Hilla, Reinhold Hilla a Avitec Research GbR, Sachsenring 11, 27711 Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany b Gavia EcoResearch, Tönnhäuser Dorfstr. 20, 21423 Winsen (Luhe), Germany ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: A growing number of offshore wind farms have led to a tremendous increase in artificial lighting in the marine Continuous and intermittent light environment. This study disentangles the connection of light characteristics, which potentially influence the Light attraction reaction of nocturnally migrating passerines to artificial illumination under different cloud cover conditions. In a Light characteristics spotlight experiment on a North Sea island, birds were exposed to combinations of light colour (red, yellow, Migrating passerines green, blue, white), intensity (half, full) and blinking mode (intermittent, continuous) while measuring their Nocturnal bird migration number close to the light source with thermal imaging cameras. Obstruction light We found that no light variant was constantly avoided by nocturnally migrating passerines crossing the sea. The number of birds did neither differ between observation periods with blinking light of different colours nor compared to darkness. While intensity did not influence the number attracted, birds were drawn more towards continuous than towards blinking illumination, when stars were not visible. Red continuous light was the only exception that did not differ from the blinking counterpart. Continuous green, blue and white light attracted significantly more birds than continuous red light in overcast situations. Our results suggest that light sources offshore should be restricted to a minimum, but if lighting is needed, blinking light is to be preferred over continuous light, and if continuous light is required, red light should be applied. 1. Introduction often specific weather conditions (e.g. heavy clouds, fog, drizzle) are responsible for concentrations around artificial lights (Ballasus et al., A considerable proportion of birds migrate at night and depending 2009; Ronconi et al., 2015). Birds use the stars for orientation during on topography part of such movements take place across marine areas. migration (Able and Able, 1996; Wiltschko and Wiltschko, 2003, 2009). Over the last 150 years, it has been repeatedly reported that artificial Therefore, overcast may impair the orientation of nocturnal migrants sources of lights can attract birds crossing the sea at night as well as (Bolshakov et al., 2013; Zhao et al., 2014) and thus influence the at- nocturnally foraging seabirds (Ballasus et al., 2009; Gauthreaux and traction to light. Despite many anecdotal evidence of bird attraction to Belser, 2006; Montevecchi, 2006; Ronconi et al., 2015). First observa- light, a systematic long-term study investigating the effect of different tions of such attraction came from lighthouses, but also other sources of light characteristics in combination with environmental factors poten- light such as ships, offshore platforms and various vertical constructions tially influencing behaviour of migrating birds is missing so far. at land can have the same effect (Ballasus et al., 2009; Gauthreaux and Forced by climate change, the late 20th century saw a rapid increase Belser, 2006). Nocturnally migrating birds are attracted on a broad- of renewable energy generation, and in the early 21st century more and scale to lit areas (McLaren et al., 2018). Most observations of attraction more wind farms were planned and constructed at sea. Offshore wind on land coincided with the finding of casualties, i.e. birds which col- farms (OWF) are illuminated at night for safety reasons regarding lided with the lights or other parts of the vertical structures (Kerlinger maritime traffic and aviation. Given the large amount of sea area cov- et al., 2010; Longcore et al., 2013). Additionally, passerines flying over ered (approx. 1900 km2 in the northern half of Europe (between Ireland sea might deplete energy reserves when circling around lit structures and Finland) by October 2017; http://www.4coffshore.com/), wind (Jones, 1980). Systematic investigation of the literature revealed that farming has caused a tremendous and continuing increase of artificial ⁎ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Rebke). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.029 Received 13 June 2018; Received in revised form 12 February 2019; Accepted 18 February 2019 Available online 09 March 2019 0006-3207/ © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. M. Rebke, et al. Biological Conservation 233 (2019) 220–227 light in the marine environment. This adds to the existing lighting of behaviour for sea crossings during migration. numerous oil and gas platforms. Measuring the actual rate of collisions at offshore wind turbines is almost impossible (Desholm et al., 2006). However, as concentrations of migrating birds have been detected 2.2. Experimental setting around OWFs at night with various methods (Hill et al., 2014), it be- came clear that measures to avoid fatalities will be desirable and the At the study site, two colour change spotlights (Futurelight OFL-72 way of illuminating wind turbines at sea came into the discussion. K2 3W, LED technology) were installed less than 1 m apart (Appendix Visual perception of the environment differs between birds and Fig. A2), heading to the sea in a vertical angle of 45° to west/southwest humans (Martin, 2011). The birds' eye typically contains one rod and (spring) and north/northwest (autumn), respectively, i.e. against the four different cone visual pigments, extending the visual spectrum into expected main flight direction. The characteristics of the colours used the UV range. Additional pigmented oil droplets enhance the ability for are listed in Table A1 (in Appendix). Yellow was obtained by mixing colour discrimination (Hart, 2001). Thus birds are able to distinguish green and red (R: 255, G: 070), while white resulted from the mixture of between light colours and might react differently to them. Birds use all RGB LEDs in equal proportions. All applied colours lie within the several mechanisms and cues for long distance navigation and the exact visible range of birds between 300 and 700 nm (Osorio and Vorobyev, involvement is still unclear (Mouritsen, 2018), but it is likely that visual 2008). Light intensity was adjusted for all colours in a way that a lux- cues (stars, landmarks) play an important role in guiding birds during meter (Testo 540, reference class 3, DIN 5032 part 7) in 1 m distance in nocturnal migration (Martin, 1990). Nevertheless, Martin (1990) sus- front of both spotlights measured 6800 lx with full intensity and 3400 lx pects that migrating birds do not gain more visual information during with half intensity. As the experiment was supposed to give significant the night than humans. results within short time, a light intensity higher than the one used at This study aims to disentangle the complex connection of light OWFs was chosen. However, in contrast to the spherical obstruction characteristics, which potentially influence the reaction of nocturnally lighting of offshore wind turbines the used LED-spotlights had a di- migrating birds to artificial light under different cloud cover conditions. rected opening angle of 50°. This narrow opening angle directing to the It is the first systematic study able to differentiate effectively between sea prevented attraction of non-migrating birds from the island. For the the influence of colour, intensity and blinking mode of illumination on discussion of our results we recalculated the light intensities measured the attraction of birds to light (see Section 4. Discussion). We took a in lx into total irradiance in W/m2 for each light colour, by taking into human perspective for our study, in other words we analysed the effect account the specifications of the used LEDs, the spectral-specific sen- on birds of illumination designed for the human eye and thus differ- sitivity of the lux-meter as well as the luminance efficiency of the dif- entiated the light characteristics by human perception. In an experi- ferent wavelengths. Subsequently the relative sensitivity of avian rods ment more than 20 km off the mainland on a North Sea island, noc- (Hart et al., 2000) was used to discuss the perception of this eye-in- turnal migrants were exposed to different combinations of light colour, dependent measure of the brightness of the different colour and in- light intensity and blinking mode while measuring their number close tensity combinations for birds. to the light source with thermal imaging camera recordings. Current Two thermal imaging cameras with different focal length (AXIS safety regulations forbid alteration of the illumination of vertical arti- Q1922 E 10 mm und 35 mm, 30 FPS) were installed parallel to the ficial structures and we thus concentrated on bird attraction to an ex- spotlights in 2 m distance, directing 45° upward. This camera system perimental light setup rather than on bird fatalities. Focusing on pas- allowed us to record flying birds independent of light, i.e. also during serines as the largely dominating group in our recordings, we first periods with
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