[ChrisJB]

After watching the destruction of a once lovely expanse of moorland, where Dunlin, Golden Plover and Twite bred and Dotterel visited in early May and where Snow Bunting sometimes visited in winter, thanks to a shockingly situated wind-farm, people still need to be extra vigilant about them, especially the R.S.P.B.
How effective they are, I know not, but siting them on our magnificent uplands must be resisted. What I once knew as splendid peat moorland is now criss-crossed with service roads, and much of the moor is a rubbly wasteland, devoid of the glorious moor-birds that once could be found there.
Quite simply, this windfarm I talk of has destroyed a top-notch habitat.
I fear for the South Pennines. Sandwiched between the National Parks of the Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales, they are seemingly their poor relation in terms of protection from habitat and landscape barbarism of the like I have described above.

Regards, Chris