Bird Strike - Deadly Glass panes

They are silent, transparent – and often fatal for birds: glass facades on buildings. An estimated 100 million birds die each year in Germany due to collisions with window panes – a frequently underestimated problem that also plays a role in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön. Recently, Ingeborg Peine lectured in the Hessian administration office of the Biosphere Reserve about the causes and effects of the so-called bird strike – and about what r…