{"id":4472,"date":"2021-10-01T08:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T08:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eoly-energy.com\/faqs\/do-wind-turbines-disturb-or-harm-birds-or-bats-2\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T09:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T09:05:44","slug":"do-wind-turbines-disturb-or-harm-birds-or-bats-2","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eoly-energy.com\/en\/faqs\/do-wind-turbines-disturb-or-harm-birds-or-bats-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do wind turbines disturb or harm birds or bats?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171365239 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171365239 BCX0\">Years of observation in Denmark\u202fshow\u202fthat roughly six birds are killed by wind turbines each year. For comparison, hunters kill 1.5 million birds in Belgium each year, with traffic killing another 2 million. Naturally, we\u202fdo\u202feverything\u202fwe can to avoid harming any local wildlife. When we\u202f<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW171365239 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vlaanderen.be\/inbo\/en-gb\/data-applications\/de-vlaamse-risicoatlas-vogelsvleermuizen-windturbines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW171365239 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171365239 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">decide on a particular location<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171365239 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171365239 BCX0\">, we avoid key areas where birds or bats nest, roost, rest or pass through when migrating. Should there be more accidents than first expected, we plant trees to divert any wildlife away from the wind farm.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW171365239 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-4472","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-cat-wind-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do wind turbines disturb or harm birds or bats? - Eoly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eoly-energy.com\/en\/faqs\/do-wind-turbines-disturb-or-harm-birds-or-bats-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do wind turbines disturb or harm birds or bats? - Eoly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Years of observation in Denmark\u202fshow\u202fthat roughly six birds are killed by wind turbines each year. 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