It is very worrying as apart from birds and bats, this loss in the food chain will certainly have a devastating effect on many other creatures – and guess, dear reader, who is at the end of the food chain.
New data shows a concerning decrease in insect ‘splat’ rates across the UK, with the sharpest fall between 2021 and 2024 recorded in Scotland at 65%.
In England, the number of insect splats fell by 62%, in Wales by 64%, and in Northern Ireland by 55%, over the same time period.
The latest data shows that the number of flying insects sampled on vehicle number plates, across the UK, has fallen by a staggering 63% since 2021.
Insects are critical to ecosystem functioning and services.
They pollinate crops, provide natural pest control, decompose waste and recycle nutrients, and underpin food chains that support birds, mammals and other wildlife.
Without insects, the planet’s ecological systems would collapse.
So why are our so-called representatives not questioning the part industrialising wind farms play in this loss, recognising that the blades of these ‘Wellsian’ monstrosities slaughter numerous birds and bats.
Alarm bells should be ringing, especially north of Hadrian’s Wall, as Scotland has the largest number of wind farms and, surprise, surprise, the sharpest fall in splat rates.
To be sure, there is absolutely no merit in constructing and employing totally weather dependent and unreliable sources of electricity generation.
What will future generations think of us, in our silence, for not protecting our vital insect population, whilst wasting billions of pounds on Ed Miliband’s insane totally weather dependent, limited sources of generation, and Net Zero – what an inheritance for the next generation!
Dave Haskell
Oswestry
