Nature charities are urging the Scottish Government to refuse consent for one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, warning it could kill and displace tens of thousands of seabirds.
They warn the Berwick Bank wind farm would be “catastrophic” for Scotland’s seabirds and call for developments in more “appropriate” locations.
Berwick Bank would have up to 307 turbines located in the outer Firth of Forth, around 25 miles off the Scottish coast near seabird sites like Bass Rock, St. Abb’s Head, and the Isle of May, which is home to puffins.
RSPB Scotland, the Marine Conservation Society, National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Wildlife Trust, and Scottish Seabird Centre have united to call for the development to be refused and have written to Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney....
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