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#CleanEnergy and #biodiversity

Simple habitat: intensively managed, grazed by sheep.
Mixed habitat solar farms: hedgerows around the edges, no sheep grazing or grass cutting, greater diversity of flowering plants.

"The highest abundance of threatened bird species (such s Corn Bunting, Greenfinch, Yellowhammer and Linnet) was in mixed habitat solar and was significantly higher than in both surrounding arable land and in the simple habitat solar sites."

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/new-research-birdlife-soars-on-nature-friendly-solar-farms/