Worlaby Wind Farm.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:22 am

I have heard a rumour that there is a proposal to put a 50 turbine wind farm in the Ancholme valley at Worlaby,and that surveyers have already being employed.If this goes ahead,it would not only ruin one of the most important raptor sites in the County,but also an important flyway for migrating birds from the humber inland and vice versa,basically it would disturb the birdlife of the whole valley area.Hopefully there are several things in our favour,namely a schedule 1 species breeding and the fact that it is also an important wintering site in recent years for Hen Harrier and regular wintering site for Short-eared Owl.I really do hope this is only a rumour,but who knows with this government in power??.There are also rumours of other wind farms in the area and with the government throwing money in any farmers or landowners direction,it looks like it is something we are going to have to put up with.

Regards

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:39 am

Geoff Williams · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:51 pm

I was always for windfarms but recently changed my mind, see 'Vulture accident'.
at http://www.youtube.com/

Alan Ball · **Posted:** Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:12 am

Go online and look at the statistics from Altamont wind farm in the USA. This is one of the earliest wind farms in existence and the carnage of migrating birds is well known and despite various attempts to cut bird deaths the latest report makes very grim reading - see below

The number of actual dead birds found among the four targeted species - burrowing owl, American kestrel, red-tailed hawk and golden eagle - increased nearly 90 percent from 2005-06 to 2006-07, the report found. The total number of dead birds counted in the 2-year period includes 229 red-tailed hawks, 150 burrowing owls, 56 American kestrels and 49 golden eagles, the report says.

What concerns me is that we seem to prefer to put turbines out at sea, where the risk posed to nocturnal seabirds is possibly even greater.......and there will be no evidence of the damage that they do.

Alan

John T Goy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm **Posts:** 2385

I'll be interested to know GPC's comments, but he may be away at the moment.

The following may or may not be connected with Steve's question, but last week I asked on here if anyone knew why the farmland on the right side of the road driving down towards the Ancholme on Bonby Carrs is all being dug up from the small bridge for a few hundred yards. Up to press no one has answered the question maybe they don't know then again maybe they do! It certainly looks interesting and could attract lots of birds etc.

Regards

John

PS: I now know what is happening at Bonby Carrs.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:58 pm

After my recent concerns about wind farms being erected in the Ancholme valley and sorrounding area,a friend has pointed out a couple of proposed windfarm sites in the area,they can be viewed on the North Linc's Council website under planning applications and makes for some interesting reading.The first is a project proposed for Elsham Wold and the ref is:WF/2004/1414 and the second proposal is at Horkstow and the ref is WF/2009/0657 I thankfully havn't come across any for Worlaby as of yet!.Surely the whole Ancholme valley is too important an area for birds and wildlife to build wind farms?.

Regards

Steve.

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