Cumulative barriers to renewable energy development: Can we adjust our perspective and approach to benefit biodiversity?
Cook, E. , Masden, E. , Humphreys, E.
January 2025
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Human Dimensions , Environmental Impact Assessment
Avoidance and attraction responses of kittiwakes to three offshore wind farms in the North Sea
Pollock, C. , Johnston, D. , Boersch-Supan, P.
October 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Attraction , Avoidance
Birds , Seabirds
Influence of wind on kittiwake Rissa tridactyla flight and offshore wind turbine collision risk
Davies, J. , Boersch-Supan, P. , Clewley, G.
September 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Collision
Birds
A framework for studying the effects of offshore wind energy development on birds and bats in the Eastern United States
Williams, K. , Gulka, J. , Cook, A.
May 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Collision , Displacement
Bats , Birds
Behavioural responses of Sandwich terns following the construction of offshore wind farms
Thaxter, C. , Green, R. , Collier, M.
January 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Avoidance , Collision , Displacement
Birds , Seabirds
Avoidance of offshore wind farms by Sandwich Terns in the North Sea increases with turbine density
van Bemmelen, R. , Leemans, J. , Collier, M.
October 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Avoidance
Birds , Seabirds
A framework for improving treatment of uncertainty in offshore wind assessments for protected marine birds
Searle, K. , O'Brien, S. , Jones, E.
March 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision , Displacement
Birds , Seabirds , Shorebirds
A review to inform the assessment of the risk of collision and displacement in petrels and shearwaters from offshore wind developments in Scotland
Deakin, Z. , Cook, A. , Daunt, F.
December 2022
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Collision , Displacement
Birds , Fish
Framework for assessing and mitigating the impacts of offshore wind energy development on marine birds
Croll, D. , Ellis, A. , Adams, J.
December 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Collision , Displacement
Birds , Human Dimensions
Study to Examine how Seabird Collision Risk, Displacement and Barrier Effects Could be Integrated for Assessment of Offshore Wind Developments
Searle, K. , Butler, A. , Mobbs, D.
June 2022
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Avoidance , Collision , Displacement
Birds , Seabirds
Improving Our Understanding of Seabird Behaviour at Sea
Thaxter, C. , Johnston, D. , Clewley, G.
June 2022
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Birds , Seabirds
Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa
Gauld, J. , Silva, J. , Atkinson, P.
April 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds , Raptors , Seabirds
Investigating avoidance and attraction responses in lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus to offshore wind farms
Johnston, D. , Thaxter, C. , Boersch-Supan, P.
March 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Collision
Birds , Seabirds
Better utilisation and transparency of bird data collected by powerline companies
Kettel, E. , Thaxter, C. , Oppel, S.
January 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision , EMF , Habitat Change
Birds , Human Dimensions , Environmental Impact Assessment
When speed matters: The importance of flight speed in an avian collision risk model
Masden, E. , Cook, A. , McCluskie, A.
September 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision
Birds
Bird Workgroup Report for the State of the Science Workshop on Wildlife and Offshore Wind Energy 2020: Cumulative Impacts
Cook, A. , Williams, K. , Jenkins, E.
July 2021
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Collision , Displacement , Habitat Change
Birds
Feasibility study of large-scale deployment of colour-ringing on Black-legged Kittiwake populations to improve the realism of demographic models assessing the population impacts of offshore wind farms
O’Hanlon, N.J. , Wischnewski, S. , Ewing, D.
June 2021
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision , Displacement
Birds , Seabirds
Migratory movements of British and Irish Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna: a review of ringing data and a pilot tracking study to inform potential interactions with offshore wind farms in the North Sea
Green, R. , Burton, N. , Cook, A.
March 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Birds , Waterfowl
Methods to quantify avian airspace use in relation to wind energy development
Largey, N. , Cook, A. , Thaxter, C.
January 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Birds
Avian vulnerability to wind farm collision through the year: insights from Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) tracked from multiple breeding colonies
Thaxter, C. , Ross-Smith, V. , Bouten, W.
November 2019
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Avoidance , Collision
Birds , Seabirds
Better utilisation and transparency of bird data collected by TSOs
Kettel, E. , Thaxter, C. , Oppel, S.
May 2019
Report
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Birds
Quantifying avian avoidance of offshore wind turbines: Current evidence and key knowledge gaps
Cook, A. , Humphreys, E. , Bennet, F.
September 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Birds
Estimating Seabird Flight Height using LiDAR
Cook, A. , Ward, R. , Hansen, W.
August 2018
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Seabirds , Birds
Predicting the impacts of wind farms on seabirds: An individual-based model
Warwick-Evans, V. , Atkinson, P. , Walkington, I.
March 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision , Avoidance
Seabirds , Birds
Dodging the blades: new insights into three-dimensional space use of offshore wind farms by lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus
Thaxter, C. , Ross-Smith, V. , Bouten, W.
January 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Avoidance , Collision
Birds , Seabirds
Dodging the blades: new insights into threedimensional space use of offshore wind farms by lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus
Thaxter, C. , Ross-Smith, V. , Bouten, W.
January 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Avoidance , Collision
Birds
Large-scale citizen science improves assessment of risk posed by wind farms to bats in southern Scotland
Newson, S. , Evans, H. , Gillings, S.
November 2017
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Displacement
Bats
Density dependence and marine bird populations: are wind farm assessments precautionary?
Horswill, C. , O'Brien, S. , Robinson, R.
October 2017
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Seabirds , Birds
Bird and Bat Species' Global Vulnerability to Collision Mortality at Wind Farms Revealed Through a Trait-Based Assessment
Thaxter, C. , Buchanan, G. , Carr, J.
September 2017
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Attraction , Avoidance , Collision , Displacement
Bats , Birds
The intertidal wetlands of southern Jiangsu Province, China – globally important for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and other threatened waterbirds, but facing multiple serious threats
Peng, H. , Anderson, G. , Chang, Q.
September 2017
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision , Displacement
Birds , Shorebirds
Towards a Framework for Quantifying the Population-Level Consequences of Anthropogenic Pressures on the Environment: The Case of Seabirds and Windfarms
Cook, A. , Robinson, R.
April 2017
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Seabirds , Birds
Modelling flight heights of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Great Skuas from GPS: a Bayesian approach
Ross-Smith, V. , Thaxter, C. , Masden, E.
December 2016
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Birds , Seabirds
Negative Impact of Wind Energy Development on a Breeding Shorebird Assessed with a BACI Study Design
Sansom, A. , Pearce-Higgins, J. , Douglas, D.
July 2016
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Habitat Change , Avoidance
Shorebirds , Birds
Contrasting effects of GPS device and harness attachment on adult survival of Lesser Black‐backed Gulls Larus fuscus and Great Skuas Stercorarius skua
Thaxter, C. , Ross-Smith, V. , Clark, J.
April 2016
Journal Article
Marine Energy
Birds
Predictive Modelling to Identify Near-Shore, Fine-Scale Seabird Distributions during the Breeding Season
Warwick-Evans, V. , Atkinson, P. , Robinson, L.
March 2016
Journal Article
Marine Energy
Birds , Seabirds
Avian Collision Risk Models for Wind Energy Impact Assessments
Masden, E. , Cook, A.
January 2016
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Displacement , Collision , Avoidance
Birds
The Scientific Validity of Criticisms made by the RSPB of Metrics used to Assess Population Level Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms on Seabirds
Cook, A. , Robinson, R.
November 2015
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Birds , Seabirds
Seabird-Wind Farm Interactions During the Breeding Season Vary Within and Between Years: A Case Study of Lesser Black-Backed Gull Larus fuscus in the UK
Thaxter, C. , Ross-Smith, V. , Bouten, W.
June 2015
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Seabirds , Birds
Estimates and Correlates of Bird and Bat Mortality at Small Wind Turbine Sites
Minderman, J. , Fuentes-Montemayor, E. , Pearce-Higgins, J.
March 2015
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind
Collision
Bats , Birds
Collision, Displacement and Barrier Effect Concept Note
Humphreys, E. , Cook, S. , Burton, N.
January 2015
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Collision , Displacement
Birds , Human Dimensions