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Wind farms & MSBs in a migration bottleneck: The Strait of Gibraltar (Southern Spain)

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1 Wind farms & MSBs in a migration bottleneck: The Strait of Gibraltar (Southern Spain)

2  450 000 MSB

3 Wind Energy 65 Wind farms 837 turbines

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6 The Strait of Gibraltar-Tarifa (Cadiz)

7 Species migrating vs colliding SPECIESNumberCollisions2005-2012 Ciconia ciconiaWhite Stork132,6081070.014 (15-41) Ciconia nigraBlack Stork3,59730.0003* (0-1) Gyps fulvusGriffon V.9,9281,1730.166 (63-240) Pernis apivorusHoney Buzzard61,560210.002 (0-12) Milvus migransBlack Kite162,0742180.024 (31-71) Neophron perc.Egyptian V.1,28350.001 (0-2) Aquila pennataBooted Eagle21,9301000.013 (5-27) Circaetus gallicus S-Toed Eagle29,680810.012 (3-20) Accipiter nisusSparrowhawk4,404200.003 (1-6) C. aeruginosusMarsh Harrier2,196170.002 (0-6) Circus pygargusMontagu’s H.1,287310.005 (2-11) P. haliaetus Osprey84580.001 (0-3) F. naumanniL. Kestrel9,900660.009 (4-18) 440,292

8 E. Vulture

9 Post-cons Monitoring WIND FARMS a)From 8:00 am to b)16:00-20:30 pm according to season (9-12 Daylight hours /day) b) Fatalities, birds use, control for collision risk situations.

10 Shut-down (observers)

11 Vultures Carcasses Migration Kites Others White Stork Egyptian V

12 Shut-down (observers) Number of collisions (Gvulture)

13 Radar?

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15 Acknowledgements Mar Acknowledgements Maru San Emeterio & Felipe Oliveros Head office of Biodiversity Junta de Andalucía at Cádiz province Alex Onrubia, Biologist of the Fundación Migres


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