Offshore wind construction impacts marine bird habitats in various ways. Researchers from The Nature Conservancy in New York, Biodiversity Research Institute, and the Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd conducted a meta-analysis to assess the likelihood of detecting attraction or displacement of marine birds by wind energy infrastructure as well as the proportional change in use of the wind energy areas.  Understanding the effects of offshore wind farms on marine bird distributions and habitat use is important to inform environmental impact assessments and future research studies.

Read the article here: A synthetic analysis of post-construction displacement and attraction of marine birds at offshore wind energy installations – ScienceDirect