Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14777

Wind Power: Birds

Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

ConservativeSouth Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has estimated how many seabirds have died due to colliding with offshore wind turbines for each of the last five years.

Answer

Emma Hardy
We have commissioned the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to undertake a project to calculate estimated mortalities from offshore wind farms using up to date methods and parameters. This will support future assessments of offshore wind impacts on seabi...

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