See when and how
Recorded footage can show the timing, flight path and circumstances of a strike, helping teams understand the event and review bird behaviour around the turbine.
What we do
Bird monitoring.
Better informed decisions.
AvianShield brings together AI bird detection, flight tracking and species-identification training for Australian conditions. From pre-construction bird surveys to wind farm monitoring and recorded strike counts, our work supports wildlife protection and informed development decisions.
Working in the field Bird detection and flight tracking.
Continuing development AI species identification, mapping, reporting, mitigation and offshore solutions.
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Pre-construction surveys
Understand the site.
Inform the plan.
Our portable bird surveys help project teams compare activity across proposed development areas before construction. Identifying areas with lower recorded bird activity can help select more suitable locations and refine turbine placement. Observations are considered alongside species, habitats, seasonal patterns and ecological assessment to inform site selection.
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Bird monitoring & flight tracking
Follow the flight.
Understand the activity.
AvianShield detects birds and tracks their movement in flight. Camera monitoring helps identify and count bird strikes captured around turbines, retaining footage so each recorded event can be reviewed. These observations give project teams evidence of bird activity, flight behaviour and turbine interactions.
See real tracking imagesBird strike monitoring at wind farms
A record of the event.
Evidence you can revisit.
Camera monitoring adds direct visual evidence to bird strike assessment, helping identify and count strikes captured within the monitored area.
Keep the evidence
A captured event remains available for review even if the carcass is later removed by scavengers, obscured by vegetation or falls outside a ground-search area.
Review from the footage
Teams can revisit recorded events remotely, cross-check strike counts and direct targeted field follow-up, with a visual record to support ecological interpretation.
Ground searches provide valuable physical evidence, but carcass availability and detectability affect what is found. Camera records complement that evidence; recorded strike counts depend on coverage, visibility and review of the footage.
Background: understanding carcass-search limitations (opens in a new tab)AI bird identification
Australian birds.
Local knowledge. Smarter AI.
We are building local bird libraries for each project area to train and refine AI models for species identification. The focus is on the Australian birds that share the landscape, and the conditions in which our cameras observe them.
Bird libraries for each area
Bring together images and footage of birds found in and around a project site, creating a training resource relevant to that local environment.
Teach the AI what to look for
Use local bird imagery to train models to recognise visual differences between species across varied flight positions, backgrounds and lighting.
Refine with real observations
Continue developing and evaluating the models as field imagery and specialist bird knowledge add to our understanding of the local species.
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Mitigation research
Learn from observation.
Explore practical action.
We are developing approaches that could support turbine curtailment—the temporary slowing or stopping of turbines in response to bird activity. We are also researching other mitigation options, with the aim of informing practical ways to reduce impacts on wildlife.
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Offshore solutions
A wider horizon.
The same wildlife focus.
Our offshore work focuses on developing surveying and monitoring solutions suited to coastal and marine environments. The aim is to improve understanding of seabirds and other birds using these areas, and support informed offshore renewable energy planning and management.
Mapping & reporting · In development
From observations
to useful information.
We are extending our tracking work with mapped bird-flight locations and reporting, designed to make observations easier to interpret and use.
Flight tracking
Observing birds’ movement through the monitored area, providing a closer view of activity in flight.
Mapped locations
Placing bird-flight observations in their geographic context to help show where activity occurs.
Reporting
Bringing observations together in a useful format for ecological review, planning and site management.
Supporting ecological expertise with better observations.
Information with a purpose
Clearer observations.
Shared understanding.
Our focus is on useful information that helps people care for wildlife while planning and managing the places we share.
Government & assessment
Observations that can contribute to ecological assessment, environmental review and informed decisions about development.
Project teams & researchers
Information to support monitoring, ecological interpretation and the evaluation of practical management options.
Communities
A clearer understanding of local birdlife and the work being done to consider wildlife alongside renewable energy.
Start a conversation
A shared future
starts with understanding.
Working in renewable energy, wildlife research or environmental management? Let’s talk about what we can learn together.
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