Responses of wintering corvids to New Year’s Eve fireworks in Berlin

• DOI: 10.32942/x2mw7t
• Publication Date: 2025-05-05T12:32:22Z
• Authors: Claudia Wascher; Westley Hennigh-P...
• Keywords: Fireworks

Animals around the globe are strongly affected by anthropogenic disturbances, creating concerns for welfare and conservation. Fireworks during New Year’s eve a major, regularly recurring disturbance, causing light, noise as well air pollution. In present study, we investigated behavioural responses of mixed-species flocks corvids (hooded crows, Corvus cornix, rooks, frugilegus jackdaws, monedula) in Berlin. We observed direct to fireworks already day on 31st December. Behavioural included gathering large numbers trees early day, not using usual roosting trees, frequent changes flight direction response fireworks, erratic patterns main at midnight. Our anecdotal report shows significant prolonged likely be reflective major effect individual welfare. This adds growing body evidence impacts wild animals.