Up to 192 birds are killed by wind turbines at the Waubra Wind Farm each year, according to new figures.

The numbers were collected by multinational energy firm Acciona, which runs the farm, between 2009 and 2011.

Trained hunting dogs collected 61 bird carcasses from 34 turbines, which the company then used to extrapolate across the farm's 128 turbines.

Carcasses collected by foxes and other scavengers were also taken into consideration for the tally, which was below the expected total of 200 or more originally included in the site's Bat and Avifauna Management (BAM) plan.

Acciona's director of engineering, construction and operation Brett... [continue via Web link]