Pilot field study: observations from a fixed platform on occurrence and behaviour of common guillemots and other seabirds in offshore wind farm Luchterduinen

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Cumulative population-level effects of habitat loss on seabirds ‘Kader Ecologie en Cumulatie 4.0’

“…Another set of observational data can be collected from within OWFs (Leopold & Verdaat 2018). Survey data, either from ship or aircraft, shed little light on what birds actually do inside an OWF.…”

“…One of the largest unknowns in OWF effect assessments is the effect that the presence of OWFs exerts on the behaviour of the birds (Leopold & Verdaat 2018). The level of displacement of birds due to the presence of OWFs is unclear.…”