Study eases fear about wind farm threat to birds - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Study eases fear about wind farm threat to birds
Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:53am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Wind turbines do not drive birds
from surrounding areas, British researchers said on
Wednesday, in findings which could make it easier to
build more wind farms.

Conservation groups have raised fears that large birds
could get caught in the turbines and that the structures
could disturb other species.

But scientists found only one of the 23 species studied,
the pheasant, was affected during their survey of two
wind farms in eastern England.

The findings published in the Journal of Applied Ecology
could help government and business efforts to boost the
number of wind farms as a way to increase production of
renewable energy.

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The study did not look at the danger of the birds
colliding with the turbines, which has been a worry of
conservationists, Whittingham said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4900A120081001

[kentauros]

1. I still don't know why "conservationists" would worry about this

when you have studies that have been done on the matter of birds striking turbines. Someone inform Reuters and all the other news agencies of the following, please?

Wind Power and Bird Studies