Decimation is not too strong a word either.
If true why have the RSPB withdrawn from objecting to wind farms. The raptor argument makes me laugh. In Yorkshire all the anti wind nimby's are moaning about the impact of wind farms on their precious birds of prey yet last week the RSPB reported that this year has been one of the worst on record for crimes against these birds and there has not been a succesful breeding attempt of Peregrines in Yorkshire since the 1990's. This is not through wind farms but because farmers, pigeon racers etc are shooting, trapping and poisoning them.