Development of software for the study of ornithocomplexes on the territory of wind stations using the results of observations by the route counting method

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https://doi.org/10.32919/uesit.2020.03.04

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wind power plant, information system, wind park monitoring, ornithocomplexes

Abstract

An information system (IS) BIRDS2 has been developed for storing and analyzing data obtained by monitoring the behavior of birds on the territory of wind power plants (WPPs) using the route accounting method. The program code is compiled on the basis of Windows Forms technology in the Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 software development environment. The operation of the program was tested by comparing the results of monitoring bird migration on the territory of the Primorsk-1 wind farm with known literature data. The sample size of registered birds used for analysis consisted of 8927 birds, of which 802 were of the transit type, 2511 were of the forage type, and 5614 were of the nesting type. The observations were carried out by the route counting method, adapted by V. D. Siokhin and P. I. Gorlov in relation to the territory of wind parks. During the monitoring process, eight parameters were recorded: the date of observation, the time of registration, the coordinates of the registration on the Google map, the number of birds, the species of the individual, the direction of flight, the type of location on the territory of the wind farm (transit, forage, nesting), and the flight altitude. The user-friendly interface allows you to analyze the behavior of birds on the territory of the station according to all accounting characteristics. The IS makes it possible to determine the number of birds in flight over the territory of the wind park at a given time, to find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the bird's flight path with the boundaries of the wind farm, to calculate the length of the bird's flight path over the area occupied by the wind park.

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Winkelman, J. E. (1992). De invloed van de Sep-proefwindcentrale te Oosterbierum (Fr.) op vogels, 1: aanvaringsslachtoffers. RIN-rapport 92/2. Arnhem, Netherlands: DLO-Instituut voor Bos- en Natuuronderzoek. (in Dutch)

Accepted
2020-09-20

Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Yeremieiev, V. (2020). Development of software for the study of ornithocomplexes on the territory of wind stations using the results of observations by the route counting method. Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology, 8(3), 28–48. https://doi.org/10.32919/uesit.2020.03.04