FacebookRSPB wind farm and birds
RSPB have announced today, 24/3/09, that as a new policy they will not
raise objections to wind farms out with areas they describe as not
in conflict with wildlife. They recommend the use of sensitivity maps
to identify these areas where large scale wind developments would be
in conflict with wild life. The maps below were commissioned by RSPB
in Scotland in 2006. Source publication (PDF format, 1.36MB) is available
here at RSPB 
As you can see, the darker the area, the more sensitive bird life is to development. Shetland, proposed site of largest wind farm in Europe, is very dark. As stated in the RSBS own reports, the main concerns are "notably collision mortality and disturbance displacement". The problem is that windfarms, especially the construction phase, adversely affects birds, especially species such Red Throated Divers.
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Sustainable Shetland is a campaign group opposed to very large scale wind farms in Shetland. We believe these large industrial projects are damaging to our local environment. We believe that the Viking Energy Project endangers Shetland Community Funds, and that project costs are underestimated, whilst project income grossly overestimated.
We believe that the Viking Energy proposals are everything we do not need in Shetland: they are financially risky and may damage the Shetland environment.
We want to see sustainable renewable energy projects in Shetland, and that these projects should be fit for scale, and provide real community benefit.
We aim to go beyond just being just an "anti-wind power campaign".
