Hanging Houghton Wind Farm Proposal – environmental effects to local and migratory wild birds.

Background

We have been monitoring birds in the Hanging Houghton and Brixworth areas for twenty-five years.  Mostly this is record keeping of scarcer species, plus noteworthy numbers of common species or unusual behaviour.

Up until 2004, all relevant records have been submitted for inclusion within the annual Northants Bird Report.

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Canadian scientists believe that sudden changes in pressure are the reason for the alarmingly high number of bat fatalities around wind turbines.

This was widely reported in the media yesterday:

• AOL News: Pressure drop blamed for bat deaths
• BBC News: Wind farms put pressure on bats
• National Geographic News: Wind Turbines give bats the “bends,” study finds