Bats saved by radar?

I didn't know that this was a problem.

Bat deaths at wind farms are thought to exceed those of birds and it is feared some species could eventually become endangered if action is not taken.

Bat fatalities at wind turbines has been documented in Australia, North America, Germany, Spain and Sweden but really the scale of the problem in the UK has yet to emerge as the area is largely under-studied.

Three years ago nearly 3,000 bats were killed in a six-week period at one wind farm in the USA, and nearly 1,700 were killed over a same period of time at another wind farm.

Interested researchers noticed that bats stay away from radar installations, and speculate that radar of other electromagnetic radiation might act as a repellent, and save the flying mammals from windmill havok.

We think the bats either feel the heat of the radiation or can actually hear it. Either way, they appear not to like it, and forage elsewhere.

From BBC News.