Summary of Bird Monitoring Reports from Operational Wind Energy Facilities in South Africa
BirdLife South Africa
February 2025
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds , Passerines , Raptors , Waterfowl
Lack of evasive behaviour by a Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus on impact with a turbine blade at a South African wind farm: causes and mitigations; Absence de comportement évasif d’un Aigle martial Polemaetus bellicosus lors de l’impact avec une pale
Simmons, R. , Martins, M.
April 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Avoidance , Collision
Birds , Raptors
A utilization distribution for the global population of Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres) to guide wind energy development
Cervantes, F. , Murgatroyd, M. , Allan, D.
January 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds , Raptors
The negative impact of wind turbines on wildlife in South Africa
Docrat, N.
January 2023
Thesis
Wind Energy
Habitat Change
Birds , Human Dimensions , Environmental Impact Assessment , Legal & Policy
Current state of knowledge of wind energy impacts on bats in South Africa
Aronson, J.
August 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Bats
Flight Altitudes of Raptors in Southern Africa Highlight Vulnerability of Threatened Species to Wind Turbines
McClure, C. , Dunn, L. , McCabe, J.
October 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds , Raptors
A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor
Murgatroyd, M. , Bouten, W. , Amar, A.
April 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds , Raptors
Estimating bird flight height using 3-D photogrammetry
Prinsloo, N. , Postma, M. , Ryan, P.
April 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Collision
Birds
On a collision course? The large diversity of birds killed by wind turbines in South Africa
Perold, V. , Ralston-Paton, S. , Ryan, P.
July 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds
Black Harriers and Wind Energy: Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation
Simmons, R. , Ralston-Paton, S. , Colyn, R.
July 2020
Guidance
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision , Habitat Change
Birds
South African Bat Fatality Threshold Guidelines: Edition 3
MacEwan, K. , Aronson, J. , Richardson, K.
April 2020
Guidance
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Bats
Conservation management plan for the protection of heritage resources at Brandweynkop, Humansdorp Magisterial District, Eastern Cape Province
Orton, J. , Muller, C.
March 2020
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Human Dimensions , Social & Economic Data
Using radar technology to assess visual monitoring accuracy of Cape Vulture movements
Becker, F. , Millikin, R. , Leslie, R.
February 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision , Displacement
Birds , Raptors
Adaptive surface distortions for torque ripple control in vertical-axis wind turbines
Erfort, G. , von Backström, T. , Venter, G.
September 2019
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Cape Vulture and Wind Farms: Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation
Pfeiffer, M. , Ralston-Paton, S.
July 2018
Guidance
Wind Energy
Displacement , Habitat Change
Birds , Human Dimensions
Combining radar and direct observation to estimate pelican collision risk at a proposed wind farm on the Cape west coast, South Africa
Jenkins, A. , Reid, T. , du Plessis, J.
February 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Displacement , Collision , Avoidance
Waterfowl , Birds
Wind Energy’s Impacts on Birds in South Africa: A Preliminary Review of the Results of Operational Monitoring at the First Wind Farms of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme in South Africa
Ralston-Paton, S. , Smallie, J. , Pearson, A.
January 2017
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Birds
Final progress report of a 12 month pre - construction bat monitoring study for the Proposed Waaihoek Wind Energy Facility near Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal
Kruger, C.
August 2015
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Bats
Using Spatial Analyses of Bearded Vulture Movements in Southern Africa to Inform Wind Turbine Placement
Reid, T. , Kruger, S. , Whitfield, D.
August 2015
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Raptors , Birds
Foraging Range and Habitat use by Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres from the Msikaba Colony, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Pfeiffer, M. , Venter, J. , Downs, C.
May 2015
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Birds and Wind-Energy Best-Practice Guidelines: Best-Practice Guidelines for Assessing and Monitoring the Impact of Wind Energy Facilities on Birds in Southern Africa
Jenkins, A. , van Rooyen, C. , Smallie, J.
January 2015
Guidance
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Birds
Unlocking the Economic Potential of South Africa's Oceans
Operation Phakisa
August 2014
Presentation
Legal & Policy , Human Dimensions
South African Good Practice Guidelines for Operational Monitoring for Bats at Wind Energy Facilities
Aronson, J. , Richardson, E. , MacEwan, K.
July 2014
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Bats
The Government of the Republic of South Africa National Environmental Management of the Ocean White Paper
South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs
May 2014
Report
Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
South African Good Practice Guidelines for Surveying Bats at Wind Energy Facility Developments - Pre-construction
Sowler, S. , Stoffberg, S.
January 2014
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Bats
Developing an Understanding of the Drivers of Bat Activity Patterns Relevant to Wind Turbines
Thwaits, T.
January 2014
Thesis
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Bats
The National Coastal Management Programme of South Africa
South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs
January 2014
Report
Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
Artificial Wetlands and Surrounding Habitats Provide Important Foraging Habitat for Bats in Agricultural Landscapes in the Western Cape, South Africa
Sirami, C. , Jacobs, D. , Cumming, G.
September 2013
Journal Article
Bats
Diversity of Bats in the Soutpansberg and Blouberg Mountains of Northern South Africa: Complementarity of Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Survey Methods
Taylor, P. , Sowler, S. , Schoeman, M.
April 2013
Journal Article
Bats
Bat Fatality at a Wind Energy Facility in the Western Cape, South Africa
Aronson, J. , Thomas, A. , Jordaan, S.
April 2013
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Attraction , Collision
Bats
Wave Energy Distribution Across the Agulhas Bank, A Source of Renewable Energy for a Seawater Pumped Storage Scheme
Francisco, F.
January 2013
Thesis
Marine Energy , Wave
Human Dimensions
Assessment of bat and avian mortality at a pilot wind turbine at Coega, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Doty, A. , Martin, A.
December 2012
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Bats , Birds
Modelling South African Agulhas Marine Current Profile Data for Electricity Generation
Williams, A. , Nthontho, M. , Chowdhury, S.
November 2012
Conference Paper
Marine Energy , Ocean Current
South African Good Practice Guidelines for Surveying Bats in Wind Farm Developments
Sowler, S. , Stoffberg, S.
January 2012
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Bats
Port Elizabeth Wind Energy Facility Avifaunal and Bat Impact Assessment
Strugnell, L. , Smallie, J. , Patterson-Abrolat, C.
October 2009
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Human Dimensions , Environmental Impact Assessment , Birds , Bats
Socio-technical-ecological evaluations of the potential to implement renewable energy sources in coastal areas of tropical developing countries – an East African case study
Molander, S. , Gullström, M. , Jagers, S.
January 2008
Report
Marine Energy
Physical Environment , Human Dimensions , Social & Economic Data