[wisb] Interesting story on windfarms (no sightings)
- From: Brad Webb <Brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Bird List <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:34:41 -0600
Found this little item fascinating. It's from today's "Birder's United"
newsletter. Apologies if you receive it and have read this already.
"Study Finds That Windfarms Act as Giant Scarecrows
There are 259 onshore windfarms in the United Kingdom. Permission has
been granted for the construction of 222 additional windfarms. And
hundreds more of these alternative energy facilities are in the planning
stages.
Many environmentalists fear that thousands of migratory birds will die
due to collisions with the turbines of the windfarms. But a new study
published in the /Journal of Applied Ecology/ has found that the
windfarms are acting as giant scarecrows, frightening away birds that
previously had lived near the location of the energy facilities. The
study, focusing on 12 different bird species, found that seven species
of birds tended to stop nesting within one half mile of any turbine.
Since the exclusion zone extends in each direction from the turbine,
bird nesting was reduced in three quarters of a square mile around each
structure.
As windfarms become more prevalent throughout the countryside in
Britain, it is feared that the turbines will serve to reduce the overall
number of breeding birds."
Regards,
Brad Webb,
Watertown, Dodge County
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