Making the news today....

[WirralBoy]

7 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

That’s because this is an urban myth that was debunked decades ago.

 

In Feb 2022 the BBC Science Focus reported . . . . . .

 

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estimates suggest that between 10,000 and 100,000 birds are killed by turbine blade strikes annually in the UK.

That’s a lot, but it’s worth noting that approximately 55 million birds are killed in the UK each year by domestic cats . . . . . .

[Will C]

If we burn all the cats in a biomass boiler we would get some power and a few more birds to keep the wind turbines spinning for an extra few months a year! Winner winner 

[Blackbriarwoods]

20 minutes ago, Will C said:

If we burn all the cats in a biomass boiler we would get some power and a few more birds to keep the wind turbines spinning for an extra few months a year! Winner winner 

Can't burn all the cats, think of all the crazy cat ladies walking about shouting for tiddles

[Slicer Dicer]

Cars probably kill far more birds than wind turbines and cats combined .

I haven't got a link for that before anyone asks😂

[Steven P]

2 hours ago, Steven P said:

 

Never seen piles of dead birds under any of the turbines I have been around....

 

Just been having a think about this.... perhaps the reason why is that the end of the turbine blade is like a baseball bat and the birds are sent miles away... However birds are also designed to avoid things like falcons which can reach similar speeds to a tip of a turbine blade so not sure again. Tricky this green stuff.

[Steven P]

11 minutes ago, Slicer Dicer said:

Cars probably kill far more birds than wind turbines and cats combined .

I haven't got a link for that before anyone asks😂

 

Going for a wander around the wind farm shortly, I'll count the 'sleeping' badgers on the road and the birds I see under a turbine.

[5thelement]

44 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

Going for a wander around the wind farm shortly, I'll count the 'sleeping' badgers on the road and the birds I see under a turbine.

I live in an area which has hundreds of turbines dotted around, yet the bird life is incredible, never seen a dead buzzard, crane or eagle yet, maybe they have good eyesight?

[Blackbriarwoods]

I'd go have a look at the bottom of our local turbines,  only problem is that they are offshore ones and my wellies don't come high enough up my legs.

[Steven P]

3 hours ago, Steven P said:

 

Going for a wander around the wind farm shortly, I'll count the 'sleeping' badgers on the road and the birds I see under a turbine.

 

2 badgers and a squirrel. No birds... though the blades might have caught them and shot then into the heather

[Whoppa Choppa]

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