Radio Telemetry as a Tool for Impact Assessment of Wind Farms: The Case of Little Terns Sterna albifrons at Scroby Sands, Norfolk, UK

Understanding potential impacts of wind farms on birds is an important concern among the scientific community. This study focuses on survey data as a means of understanding collision impacts. Scientists focus on the little Tern in their popular U.K. breeding site.

To understand flight behavior, researchers used telemetry (tagging). Telemetry proved to be a useful for understanding broad habitat use. At the very least, telemetry can provide enough information to set precautionary distance for wind farms that might converge on existing habitats.