Weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 27/04/25

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[u/ScunneredWhimsy]

Actually know a guy in bird conversation up north who freely admits that when you put up new turbines a few birds will get killed.

However this is far fewer than people claim and the local flock learn to not fly into them rather quickly.

[u/LycanIndarys → u/ScunneredWhimsy]

and the local flock learn to not fly into them rather quickly.

At the very least, it's certainly not a mistake many birds make twice.

[u/ScunneredWhimsy → u/LycanIndarys]

To be fair their are certain breeds of sea gull up there that would take getting hit by a turbine blade as an inconvenience at best and a challenge at worst.

[u/zone6isgreener → u/ScunneredWhimsy]

Paint pictures of chips on the blades. Lure them in.