Bird Friendly Solutions? to Real Threats

promoting Humans living in Harmony with Nature

1. Unintended Consequences of Human Activity

Threats Specifics Bird Friendly Solutions

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Photograph of a Pheasant roadkill

Road Traffic

a major loss of life
 
Image of a peacock

Windows, Towers

birds may not see glass or other structures

Window alerts are just one option to stop the mortality of birds colliding with windows
Read also about nine different options for preventing bird window collisions here.

Picture by Catherine E. Clark of swans flying towards power lines between pylons

Power Lines

on bird flight / migratory routes

Image of four designs of bird alert flight diverters

Hi Visibility Flight Diverters make a huge difference to avert birds colliding with overhead power lines
They show up where the lines are which may otherwise not be seen.

Image of birds, animals and people walking over the edge of the earth

Wind Turbines

fast rotating blades can be certain death

 

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Image of a buzzard electrocuted

Electrocution

Lethal voltage passes through bird

 

Power Line Collision

see above

 
Image of the killer pole which electrocuted Jimmy

Killer Poles

have a particularly lethal configuration

 

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Photograph of a Pheasant roadkill

Fishing Nets

encountered when diving

 
Image of a peacock

Fishing Twine

brought by some birds to the nest

 
Image of birds, animals and people walking over the edge of the earth

Litter

Discarded rope, net and twine can be inadvertently lethal

 

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Photograph of a Pheasant roadkill

From Crop Spraying

applies where toxic chemicals are being used

 
Image of a peacock

Pest Control

when poisoned prey are ingested into the food chain

 

2. Intended Human Harming Activity

Persecution, Theft & Disturbance

Image of a Police seize of unlawful collection of rare bird eggs in Dartford, Devon 2012

Eggs are stolen, adult birds can be taken for possession, breeding behaviour can simply be disturnbed to point that a pair can completely abandon their nest.
Image Daily Mail November 6, 2012

Poisoned

Poisoned pigeon put there to kill peregrines

Live pigeon coated with poison, tethered near quarry to kill peregrines.
South Co Dublin Peregrine nest site, 19 June 2014 [...]

Glued, Trapped, Shot

Quail caught in a hunter's net trap in August 2015

A man walks towards his net where a quail is snared on the beach of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza, Palestine.
The Guardian August 26, 2015 [...]

Quail caught in a hunter's net trap in August 2015

A fan-tailed warbler trapped by glue in Cyprus. According to BirdLife, an estimated 900,000 birds were caught at Dhekelia, a British military base in the south-east of the Island. Photograph: RSPB/PA [...]