Windfarms do not cause long-term damage to bird populations: study

By Severin Carrell, The Guardian
Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:39 EDT

A major new study has quashed fears that onshore windfarms are causing long-term damage to bird populations, but found new evidence that some species are harmed when windfarms are built.

The study by conservationists into the impacts on 10 of the key species of British upland bird, including several suffering serious population declines, concluded that a large majority of species can co-exist or thrive with windfarms once they are operating.