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DONG-gone! - good news for the environment
DONG-gone! - good news for the environment Posted  Sat 24 Oct, 2009 17:15 By FifeBirder
DONG-gone! - good news for the environment

RSPB Scotland welcome the news that Danish Energy firm DONG energy have pulled out of plans to build a 1600MW coal station at Hunterston in North Ayrshire.

Aedán Smith, head of Planning with RSPB Scotland said:

"We're glad that DONG Energy have seen sense and dropped their plans to build a hugely polluting coal plant on the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Hunterston. The development would have built this dirty power plant on 95 hectares of the best remaining inter-tidal mudflats left on the Clyde, home to important populations of waders, geese and swans."
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Red kites soar to highest level for 150 years
Red kites soar to highest level for 150 years Posted  Sat 24 Oct, 2009 17:01 By FifeBirder
Red kites soar to highest level for 150 years


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Red kites have reached a 150 year high in Scotland, after a hugely successful twenty year reintroduction programme by RSPB Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage around the country. Since 1989, the graceful bird of prey has been reintroduced in four parts of Scotland, with a minimum of 149 Scottish pairs fledging 234 young in 2009.

Red kites are beautiful, sociable raptors with six foot wing spans and distinctive forked tails, and are mainly scavengers. Once common all over the British Isles, widesp ...


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Arran is a special place with special birds. Birding on Arran is interesting at any time of the year. Arran lies in the Firth of Clyde, 28km west of the Ayrshire coast, 5km east of the Kintyre peninsula. For instructions on how to get there follow the link for Travel. Its northern half is rugged, mountainous, remote country, good habitat for golden eagle .

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