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Swans safer thanks to special diverters

We have installed bird diverters to an overhead power line in Baston Fen to protect swans.

Around 70 diverters have been fitted at intervals along a section of the overhead line near the old quarry at Baston Outgang Road, after concerns were raised by a local resident regarding the safety of flying swans.


Photo caption:The bird diverters on the overhead line at Baston Fen.

WPD engineers were able to install the diverters without any disruption to electricity supplies, Stamford Team Manager, Tomasz Paradowski explained.

“The diverters alert the birds to the presence of the power lines by rotating in the wind. They also contain glow-in-the-dark natural crystals which absorb and emit purple ultraviolet light so that birds can see them at dawn, dusk or night time.

“We’ve installed them in other areas and they’ve proven to be effective, so we hope that our work here will have the same result,” said Tomasz.

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