Wind farm bird deaths more than thought
Posted on: 21 Jul 2013
New research from the United States indicates that bird deaths from wind farm collisions may have been underestimated by up to 30 per cent.
After the sad death of the White-throated Needletail on Harris, Outer Hebrides, on 26 June when it hit the shaft of a wind turbine on the island, some birders were vocal in their disapproval of the prominent energy generators, proclaiming them to be killers of bird in large numbers. While some of these claims were somewhat exaggerated, it turns out that they may indeed be more dangerous than thought previously.
READ MORE: http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__14606
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