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Approximately five million birds fly within the vicinity of the wind farm each year. The NoordzeeWind study has shown most of these birds choose to avoid the farm, and fly over or around it. Birds that do enter the farm, know how to avoid the wind turbines, meaning only a tiny percentage – approximately 0.01% – are actually hit by the blades of the wind turbines. Researchers studying the birds used radar technology to map their migration. Surprisingly, the wind farm proved to be ideal for the Great Cormorant. Cormorants need to dry their feathers after fishing, which can be easily done at the wind farm. They pick a spot on one of the wind-turbine platforms and spread their wings, which they do in large numbers.
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