Wind Power: Birds
Commons · Question 35662 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of wind turbines on avian mortality.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 25 Mar 2025
The Government does not have estimates of the number of birds killed by wind turbines. Wind developments have the potential to cause environmental damage, including impacts to birds from collisions, displacement, and foraging pressures.