Hector, as the bird was called, was amputated when it collided with the wind turbine blade and its right wing was severed from its body.
The death of the black vulture from impact on wind farm wind turbine within the Natura 2000 network area, north of the New Santa settlement at Prefecture of Rodopi, announced the Evros and Dadia Delta National Parks Management Unit. The incident that occurred in the Filiouri Valley, was recorded by the cameras of the installed collision prevention system carried by the wind turbine.
The dead black vulture, with the name Hector, was marked in 2018 as a chick and from October 2021 he brought a transmitter that had been placed by the specialized staff of the former Management Body of Dadia National Park, Lefkimi, Soufli, in the context of scientific monitoring of the species.
According to the data recorded by the cameras, during the collision with the blade of the wind turbine, the bird he was mutilated and his right wing was severed from his body. Employees of the company that owns the wind farm received the mutilated bird the next day and handed it over to the Forest Service, which informed OFYPEKA so that the necessary actions could be taken to verify the circumstances under which the incident occurred.
In a relevant announcement, the National Parks Management Unit of the Evros and Dadia Delta notes that in the years 2016 to 2021, a total of 40 satellite transmitters were installed in black vultures within the framework of European programs. On the occasion of this incident, the Unit talks about the inefficiency of the automated collision prevention systems in areas where the birds pass with great frequency. “… The incident reaffirmed our concerns about the impact of the location of wind farms in areas of high importance to birds…”, says the biologist of the Unit Sylvia Zakkak, adding that “ρό although the incident took place under conditions of good visibility and the actions performed by the system according to the prescribed protocol, were not sufficient to prevent the collision, as it was not possible to stop the rotation of the rotor in time…. “Their installation in areas vital to birds can also have an adverse effect on the population, due to displacement, due to the dissuasive sounds emitted,” said Ms. Zakkak.
It is noted that during the first systematic search of WWF Hellas in the period 2008-2010 for dead birds in existing wind farms in the wider area, four vultures were found, one black vulture, two snakes, one hawk, three hawks, two hawks, one reed, 84 chicks and 194 bats. “The only effective approach to ensuring the integrity of the Natura 2000 network is the correct location of the projects. institutionalization of exclusion zones for the installation of new wind farms “, concludes the announcement of the Evros and Dadia Delta National Parks Management Unit.
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