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Old 07-09-2009, 07:48 AM
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Re: windfarms.where are the birds?
As it's mentioned in that RSPB article, I've been to the windfarm at Tarifa in Spain and can say that it's quite horrendous, the scale of the ever expanding development, the sound of older turbines gear boxes grinding away and that sickly smell of hot gear oil.

Ground getting eaten up with service tracks and maintenance depots, etc.

The unkown factor must be disturbance. Will the birds return to their prefered habitat when there's towering, potentially 24/7 revolving machines dominating the area?
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