Real Case of Bird Guard Solution for LED Flood Light Outdoors

A particular problem encountered by many outdoor lamps, such as LED street lights, LED flood lights, LED sports lights, LED wall pack lights, LED corridor lights, LED garden lights, solar LED lights, etc., is the perching and resting of birds.

Why do outdoor luminaires attract birds to stay?

Inherent behavior of birds

Birds like to perch on outdoor lighting fixtures just as they like to perch on treetops, power lines, rooftops, and other high places. For birds, this behavior is inherent, and it is mainly for resting when migrating, observation before foraging for food, and searching for companionship or a partner.

Warm for birds

Another reason birds like to rest on outdoor lighting fixtures is that it is a suitable nesting place for them, because the light from the lamp can provide warmth for their eggs, and the light holder can support the nest as well. Although LED lights are well dissipated and controlled, they still emit a lot of heat, especially those with a lot of power. So it makes sense that birds like to build their nests in such places.

Artificial light affects biological process

Third, artificial light can affect biological processes. The world is being swept away by the use of all kinds of energy-efficient LED lights. And outdoor lighting is no exception. However, bright outdoor LED lights can affect some flying animals’ direction of flight, migration and other biological processes. For example, the light from the city's outdoor lighting fixtures attracts hundreds of disoriented birds to hover endlessly, as if they were trapped here. They diverge from where they should be migrating, wasting energy that could have been used to migrate.

Good for birds to find food

Furthermore, places around outdoor lighting fixtures are good places for birds to find food. This is because some insects, such as moths, mosquitoes, and flies, which can be treated as food for birds, have the nature of phototaxis. Insects are attracted to the lights, and birds have less difficulty finding food around them. So they prefer to rest on outdoor luminaires.

What are the problems caused by birds resting on outdoor luminaires?

Outdoor lighting fixtures attract birds to stay, which also creates several headaches. The problems are:

The birds' stay can cause droppings, feathers, and nesting remains to accumulate on the light fixtures. A long-term accumulation of these things will leave a very unsightly scene on the top of outdoor luminaires, which is disgusting and revolting. And this dirt can also cause damage to lighting fixtures. For instance, the acid in bird droppings can corrode the lamp paint.

Some birds of prey like to peck at the connecting wires of outdoor luminaires. As time passes, the outer protective layer is destroyed, leading the inner wires exposed and safety risks left.

How can we solve the problem caused by the birds' stay?

The first thing we need to realize is that birds play a very important role in maintaining the ecological balance and stability of the natural world. And birds are protected by laws, especially during the breeding process. There are clear laws prohibiting humans from disturbing breeding birds. Failure to do so will result in fines or other penalties.

Bird guard spikes

Birds resting on outdoor lighting fixtures can lead to the accumulation of excrement. These bird droppings are very unsightly and offensive. One of the effective measures to prevent birds from staying on the lamps is to equip the lamps with bird spikes. As you can see in the picture above.

Flexible steel conduit

AGC Lighting provides LED flood lights for a variety of occasions, such as sports fields, airports, seaports, plazas and so on, with a power range from of 100w to 1200w. High power LED flood lights are usually installed more than 10 meter away to get better performance. The high lampstands, however, provide a foothold for some birds of prey. These birds of prey not only build nests on these high masts to rest, but they also peck at the cables to try to make it home.

The act of pecking will destroy the wire outer layer and make the circuit unsafe. So we offer protection with cover-flexible steel conduit for our LED flood light cables. In this way, these birds of prey are no longer able to chew cables, indirectly improving safety and preventing accidents.