Swooping birds are under threat from wind turbines. Clean energy is good for us,unpleasant for themA gannet flying low over the ocean is an awesome sight. In a big swell, these brilliant-white seabirds seem to hug the contours of the waves on their epic, and effortless-looking quest for fish.
So it is a shock to memorize that up to 12 times more gannets could be killed by wind turbines than current figures propose because GPS devices fitted to gannets have shown they actually soar at an average of 27 metres when searching and diving for prey. Such a height puts them on collision course with the blades of offshore windfarms.
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Source: theguardian.com