The Bass Rock and Craigleith island in the Firth of Forth have been sold to the RSPB. Former landowner Sir Hew Dalrymple, whose family have owned them for over 300 years, said one of the reasons for the sale as to protect them against the “multiple threats” faced by these important colonies of birds.
One factor ‘more than anything’ that concerned him was “offshore wind farms”, he said. “It’s all right having one or two, but the Berwick Bank wind farm threatens to make the North Sea into an industrial park. I’m told it’s not just the damage to bird life, it’s the damage to the seabed that putting these gantries in does. It’s an ecosystem that the birds sit on.” https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26180514.bass-rock-sold-rspb-protect-threats—windfarms-included/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSVVStleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeGwlSQa31iKu-vRpp800rfe5BUF_SYQyci0PBQn8rmfg48kmSfCTQgSzbQd0_aem_NnPUYtSXBEfyXOgseeO34Q
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