Windmill

[emeraldking]

Yesterday I saw this beautiful windmill. Yes, Holland is also known for its windmills but the number of them has drastically decreased throughout the years.
But I just love this one…

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Windmills are brilliant machines. Elegant, tough and totally mesmerising to watch all their cogs and shafts at work.....the smells of the wood...the creaking...magical.

There is a windmill just up the road from where I am, its beautiful

- Holgate Windmill

Welcome to Holgate Windmill Holgate Windmill, York’s last surviving windmill and the oldest 5-sailed windmill in the country is now fully restored and producing traditional stone-ground flour. 2023 WINDMILL OPEN DAYS Holgate Windmill will be open for visitors:- Every Saturday morning from 10:00...

www.holgatewindmill.org

 

[connorlindeman]

Windmills are nice, but they kill the birds

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I strongly doubt that the old, wooden windmills kill birds.

That's a really cool picture, EK. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Windmills are nice, but they kill the birds

yes and they make wind.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

yes and they make wind.

They don't make it; they just grind the wind into a fine powder.

 

[Alice B]

much more artistic than Texas windmills that make electricity. (and may kill birds)

 

[DoubleDutch]

much more artistic than Texas windmills that make electricity. (and may kill

We have those too and they definitely kill birds.

 

[emeraldking]

Windmills are nice, but they kill the birds

I doubt that with the moderate speed of the wings of such a windmill... But yes, those wildmills that generate electricity are real bird killers...

 

[connorlindeman]

I doubt that with the moderate speed of the wings of such a windmill... But yes, those wildmills that generate electricity are real bird killers...

I guess I was thinking more of the windmills we have here.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Our good old windmills are birdfriendly

 

[Slaphppy7]

Our good old windmills are birdfriendly

The bird in the first pic...a raptor of some kind?...it's beautiful

 

[Essjay]

It looks a bit like a kestrel - since the UK and Netherlands are so close, I assume you have kestrels there as well?


In the UK, kestrels are easy to spot as they hover in one place when looking for food. (Actually they fly into the wind at the same speed as the wind)

 

[Alice B]

I doubt that with the moderate speed of the wings of such a windmill... But yes, those wildmills that generate electricity are real bird killers...

However coal burning gives off mercury which kills a whole lot more than birds and that's if we don't count the soot and etc. so until we all go house solar with a battery wall (which I could do and may yet), there is a necessary evil somewhere

 

[DoubleDutch]

It looks a bit like a kestrel - since the UK and Netherlands are so close, I assume you have kestrels there as well?


In the UK, kestrels are easy to spot as they hover in one place when looking for food. (Actually they fly into the wind at the same speed as the wind)

Kestrel indeed