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HORRIFIED office workers watched a swan "cut to pieces" by the blades of a wind turbine.
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A massive wind farm could make the Hebridean island of Lewis the renewable energy capital of Europe. But not all environmentalists are happy about it.
Bird survey aids windfarm choice - A major survey of UK seabirds is being used to help the government decide where to locate future wind farms.
July 30, 2006 in BBC News
July 30, 2006 in BBC News
Research by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) shows the distribution of birds in areas picked for further offshore wind farm development.
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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said it will "vigorously maintain its opposition" to energy schemes that threaten rare or high numbers of wild birds.
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ONE OF Britain’s most senior judges has spoken of his opposition to the construction of a wind farm in rural Perthshire, insisting rare and vulnerable birds such as ospreys would be put at risk.
Eminent law lord and life peer Lord Hope of Craighead outlined his concerns as he addressed a public inquiry into the proposed Drumderg wind farm.
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The birds, which live almost exclusively in the remotest areas of the Highlands and Islands, have also had an impact on a proposal to build a wind farm on the Eishken Estate on Lewis.
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Councillors in the Western Isles have endorsed revised plans for a wind farm on the Eishken Estate on Lewis.
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Bird colonies threatened by golf course and wind farm
May 24, 2006 by Frank Urquhart in The Scotsman
May 24, 2006 by Frank Urquhart in The Scotsman
...last night RSPB Scotland warned that the wildlife-rich coast of Aberdeenshire could be seriously damaged and internationally vital bird populations decimated as a result of the two large-scale developments
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Bird 'hotspots' at risk as pressure for new homes and industry grows, RSPB warns
May 10, 2006 by Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor in The Independent
May 10, 2006 by Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor in The Independent
There is also a growing perception by the RSPB, which - in general - backs renewal energy sources such as wind, wave and solar power, that large-scale wind farms in some areas may pose great danger to bird populations.
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he company behind plans for a massive wind farm on Lewis is further reducing its size following concerns over the threat to birds.
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Error Assessing Windfarm Risk To Eagles 'Will Not Affect Other Plans'
March 2, 2006 by Paul Gallagher in This is North Scotland
March 2, 2006 by Paul Gallagher in This is North Scotland
A Mix-up in assessing a windfarm application's potential risk to eagles will not have an effect on other plans, the executive has confirmed.
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THE COMMUNITY-owned company behind the massive wind farm proposal in Shetland published their first study into the environmental impact of the project yesterday (Tuesday).
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Watchdog warns windfarm would kill scores of golden eagles
February 2, 2006 by Vicky Collins in The Herald
February 2, 2006 by Vicky Collins in The Herald
The turbines would wipe out a fifth of the UK population of these birds within a year, according to the new assessment.
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Wind farms have been blamed for the deaths of Europe's largest eagle, fuelling fears the controversial turbines will pose a threat to Britain's birdlife.
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The RSPB has released a series of images which show the scale of plans for
a huge wind farm planned for the Hebridean island of Lewis.
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Giant wind farm will be a 'catastrophe', warns charity
November 30, 2005 by FRANK URQUHART in The Scotsman
November 30, 2005 by FRANK URQUHART in The Scotsman
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build the world's largest wind farm on Lewis will have an "unprecedented impact" on endangered birds and wildlife and the island habitat that supports them, a major charity said yesterday.
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Migrating geese force energy firm to scrap plans for wind farm
November 25, 2005 by JOHN ROSS in news.scotsman.com
November 25, 2005 by JOHN ROSS in news.scotsman.com
..a two-year bird study showed that the wind-farm site would be under the flight route of migrating Greenland white-fronted geese and greylag geese which roost in the area. SSE decided that a wind farm would pose a significant risk of collision for the birds and dropped the proposals.
Clan chief joins fight to shield rare birds from Highland pylons
May 12, 2005 by Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent in Telegraph, London
May 12, 2005 by Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent in Telegraph, London
The head of a famous clan and his supermodel sister have joined a campaign to prevent electricity pylons from damaging a tiny wood that is home to four of Britain's most endangered birds of prey.
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Wind farms feel the chill of public rejection
April 5, 2004 by By Renee Mickelburgh, Tony Paterson and Kim Willsher in The Telegraph, London
April 5, 2004 by By Renee Mickelburgh, Tony Paterson and Kim Willsher in The Telegraph, London
They introduced the world to "environmentally friendly" energy, but now some of Europe's "greenest" countries are under pressure to backtrack on wind farms as public anger grows over their impact on the countryside.
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Poor evidence-base for assessment of windfarm impacts on birds
February 13, 2007
by Gavin B. Steward, Andrew S. Pullin, Christopher F. Coles
Environmental Conservation 34 (1): 1-11 © 2007 Foundation for Environmental Conservation, Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Date submitted: 3 May 2006 Date accepted: 5 December 2006 First published online: 14 February 2007
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