BBC: Wind turbines pose less of a risk to farmland birds than previously thought, a study has concluded. A team of UK scientists said their research showed that building new wind farms on European farmland would not adversely affect bird populations. Previous studies highlighted how turbine blades were hazardous for waterbird and bird of prey species. The findings have been published in the British Ecological Society’s (BES) Journal of Applied Ecology. "The message on …
United Kingdom: Turbines ‘no risk to farm birds’
BBC: Wind turbines pose less of a risk to farmland birds than previously thought, a study has concluded. A team of UK scientists said their research showed that building new wind farms on European farmland would not adversely affect bird populations. Previous studies highlighted how turbine blades were hazardous for waterbird and bird of prey species. The findings have been published in the British Ecological Society’s (BES) Journal of Applied Ecology. "The message on …
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