Written questions

Wind Power: Birds

2026-06-30 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 14777 · Official question

Sir John Hayes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has estimated how many seabirds have died due to colliding with offshore wind turbines for each of the last five years.

Answer

We have commissioned the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to undertake a project to calculate estimated mortalities from offshore wind farms using up to date methods and parameters. This will support future assessments of offshore wind impacts on seabi...