yeboah Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 After watching many batches of birds racing through Moffat last week some with 100's of birds Having spoken to a friend he said many batches came back South about an hour laterAlso fanciers at marking station tonight commented on this A lad from town who commutes to London from glasgow each day on the shuttle service took a photo from the window last night as the plane flew over Moffat and just to the north I counted just on the one photo 70 plus turbines in that small catchment there are many many more Whilst attending a cousins funeral today at Elvanfoot the vastness covered by the turbines is plain to see Surely this must also be a major obstacle when birds are flying into a North wind and at there level Read a report in America how birds were being slaughtered trying to work through them ?
cemetary Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 A worked for a company who made the blades in Fife. I was sent to Amsterdam/Germany on many occasions on short break, :emoticon-0167-beer: because we had guys who worked over there installing them. They do make a what I would call it a whishing noise when in motion, they aren't high even when the birds are low. If this does anything to them when flying low, I couldn't tell you, but what I would say, it may be a landmark for the doos at home, and this is only my opinion.
Guest stb- Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 dont know much about them but a lot seem to say they do kill lot of birds .Wind turbines kill around 300,000 birds
cemetary Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 dont know much about them but a lot seem to say they do kill lot of birds .Wind turbines kill around 300,000 birds ; ;) ;))
andy Burgess Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 they have certainly sprung up in abundance over the last decade. i expect to see a lot more in the near future. when i first heard of them i thought , why not , more UK industry , and green energy too. where we train from , its right next to such a farm . birds dont seem to be bothered by them "can hear Dougies whoosh" as they fly to home. a good landmark , i am sure there are the odd fatality , but hopefully they are few
Guest stb- Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 ; ;) ;))aye coapied that aff google ya carrott top :emoticon-0123-party:
THE FIFER Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 looking over the Forth from Leven, on the other side its a line of them on the high ground, surely this means birds would have to be very high to come over them, or will they go round them,
Guest stb- Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 looking over the Forth from Leven, on the other side its a line of them on the high ground, surely this means birds would have to be very high to come over them, or will they go round them,not seen many flies go through the cool air fan in the house in one piece go round or over id hope
cemetary Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 IMO a don't think there is much killed by them even though the countryside is full of them, you know the doos aren't that daft to run into them miles away, even to get blowed into them. whos trying to kid who here.
THE FIFER Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 yes dont think they would go into them, but could make them change direction
showman Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 dont know much about them but a lot seem to say they do kill lot of birds .Wind turbines kill around 300,000 birds Can you give me a link to show these figures applying to the UK ?Many thanks.
REDROCKET Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 Apparently 2 of the biggest sites in Europe for them East Kilbride and forth so I was told and they seem to just keep adding to them.
cemetary Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 Can you give me a link to show these figures applying to the UK ?Many thanks. There's not a true figure that's for sure, IMO, all made up for the public, statistics are made up for only one reason. We have wind turbines around us, not a lot, never heard of any birds hitting them, maybe another scam, you will never know will you to be honest.
Tony C Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23648819
andy Burgess Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23648819 that smells of ******** from NIMBY,s in my opinion ? but thanks for the link Tony .
cemetary Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 that smells of ******** from NIMBY,s in my opinion ? but thanks for the link Tony . Didn't even open the link Andy, I knew what was expected, no disrespect to Tony, he puts up some great posts on the forum.
andy Burgess Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 Didn't even open the link Andy, I knew what was expected, no disrespect to Tony, he puts up some great posts on the forum. he does , i was a fan of the BBC until of late , such a biased view Cem .
ally mac Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 I know a lad that's a service engineer on them, asked if he ever saw dead birds around and he said no. Took a walk up to a farm with 15 or so, walked round them all and never saw a feather on the ground so don't think they are a real concern. However, when I had to move my loft to a field behind my parents house I lost two doos to my fathers wind turbine. It was just a wee one mounted on his house, spinned a lot faster than the big ones. Fortunately it never did what it was supposed to and is gone now.
andy Burgess Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 I know a lad that's a service engineer on them, asked if he ever saw dead birds around and he said no. Took a walk up to a farm with 15 or so, walked round them all and never saw a feather on the ground so don't think they are a real concern. However, when I had to move my loft to a field behind my parents house I lost two doos to my fathers wind turbine. It was just a wee one mounted on his house, spinned a lot faster than the big ones. Fortunately it never did what it was supposed to and is gone now. i remember you pointing that out to me Ally .
cemetary Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 Guys, We know that wind farms aren't the problems we are having with the losses of the birds, lets not turn this into another topic that's going to get removed, ave already said my piece on the forum what is our biggest problem. And before you say, I haven't had the collar pulled.
ally mac Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 i remember you pointing that out to me Ally . Probably wasn't long before you were up Andy, the real scunner turned out it was the nest mate of malkies hen that was cut in two.
MIK Posted July 31, 2015 Report Posted July 31, 2015 Guys, We know that wind farms aren't the problems we are having with the losses of the birds, lets not turn this into another topic that's going to get removed, ave already said my piece on the forum what is our biggest problem. And before you say, I haven't had the collar pulled. maybe not the blades cem ...but the sonic boom they create ...which disrupts the magnetic field...just another pic thrown in regardsMick
gulkie Posted August 1, 2015 Report Posted August 1, 2015 If it caused the death of BOPS the RSPB would tell the goverment to take them down???? :emoticon-0138-thinking:
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