Pollution - Light

For billions of years, all life has relied on Earth’s predictable rhythm of day and night. It’s encoded in the DNA of all plants and animals. Humans have radically disrupted this cycle by lighting up the night.
Plants and animals depend on Earth’s daily cycle of light and dark rhythm to govern life-sustaining behaviors such as reproduction, nourishment, sleep and protection from predators.
Scientific evidence suggests (Ref. 1) that artificial light at night has negative and deadly effects on many creatures including amphibians, birds, mammals, insects and plants.
Birds that migrate or hunt at night navigate by moonlight and starlight. This will affect the likelihood of owls returning to the adjacent woodlands.
Migratory birds depend on cues from properly timed seasonal schedules. Artificial lights can cause them to migrate too early or too late and miss ideal climate conditions for nesting, foraging and other behaviours.
Many insects are drawn to light, but artificial lights can create a fatal attraction. Declining insect populations negatively impact all species that rely on insects for food or pollination.
It is very important that bats are taken into account when considering the need to light an area if bats are known or suspected to use the area (Ref 2). It is known that Pipistrelle bats are present in what's left of the wood adjacent to the proposed sight but no survey has been requested.
Laying hens need 14-16 hours of light per day to optimise egg production, so artificial lighting in the sheds will be required for long periods in the winter months. Additionally, external lighting will be required for industrial activities outside the sheds, plus security lighting for periods when no staff are present overnight.
We believe that Angus Council must address this, and take a more serious view of the potential impact of light pollution on sensitive species known to frequent the adjacent woods (3).

Ref.1 https://www.darksky.org

Ref. 2 https://bats.org.uk

Ref.3 https://www.gov.uk/guidelines/light-pollution

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Pollution - Light

For billions of years, all life has relied on Earth’s predictable rhythm of day and night. It’s encoded in the DNA of all plants and animals. Humans have radically disrupted this cycle by lighting up the night.

Plants and animals depend on Earth’s daily cycle of light and dark rhythm to govern life-sustaining behaviors such as reproduction, nourishment, sleep and protection from predators.

Scientific evidence suggests (Ref. 1) that artificial light at night has negative and deadly effects on many creatures including amphibians, birds, mammals, insects and plants.

Birds that migrate or hunt at night navigate by moonlight and starlight. This will affect the likelihood of owls returning to the adjacent woodlands.

Migratory birds depend on cues from properly timed seasonal schedules. Artificial lights can cause them to migrate too early or too late and miss ideal climate conditions for nesting, foraging and other behaviours.

Many insects are drawn to light, but artificial lights can create a fatal attraction. Declining insect populations negatively impact all species that rely on insects for food or pollination.

It is very important that bats are taken into account when considering the need to light an area if bats are known or suspected to use the area (Ref 2). It is known that Pipistrelle bats are present in what's left of the wood adjacent to the proposed sight but no survey has been requested.

We believe that Angus Council must address this, and take a more serious view of the potential impact of light pollution on sensitive species known to frequent the adjacent woods (3).