Question follow-through · 35662
Wind Power: Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of wind turbines on avian mortality.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of wind turbines on avian mortality.
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government does not have estimates of the number of birds killed by wind turbines. Wind developments have the potential to cause environmental damage, including impacts to birds from collisions, displacement, and foraging pressures.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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