Reasons to urgently stop Berwick Bank wind farm
Scottish Seabird Trust (which has volunteers removing tree mallow, an invasive plant that prevents puffins from nesting and rearing young) is campaigning to stop the building of Berwick Bank, which threatens to be the deadliest wind farm for birds in the world.
It would result in the deaths of thousands of seabirds in one of the world’s most important seabird colonies.
Although there are now new ideas to protect birds from wind farms, this one is opposed by the RSPB to Marine Conservation Society. It is set to be be located near three important seabird coasts, home to puffins, razorbills, kittiwakes, guillemots and gannets (the world’s second-largest colony).
The Scottish government has only given approval on the condition that SSE Renewables implement a ‘sufficient seabird compensation plan’, which conservationists say is impossible for the deaths of so many birds. The project aims to build over 300 wind farms in an area four times the size of Edinburgh.
Local birds would starve, as they would not have energy to fly elsewhere to feed. Fish, seals, dolphins and crustaceans would also be affected.
Write to your MP to protest (using this template email). You can also object by email to addresses listed at RSPB (Scottish ministers and UK energy ministers, responsible for approving decisions).
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